H.R. 9075 · 117th Congress
Support for Iranian Political Prisoners Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Adam Schiff
- Introduced
- 2022-09-29
- Latest action
- 2022-09-29 · Introduced in House
Summary
Support for Iranian Political Prisoners Act
This bill authorizes the Department of State to continue providing assistance to civil society organizations in Iran that support arbitrarily detained individuals. The bill calls on Iran to immediately end human rights violations of political prisoners and persons imprisoned for exercising freedom of speech. The bill also calls on Iran to allow the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights unimpeded access to investigate alleged abuses.