Sec. 406. Supporting human rights for the people of Iran and the victims of Iranian human rights abuses in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Venezuela
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It shall be the policy of the United States to— support democracy and human rights in Iran, including the robust exercise by Iranians of the rights to freedom of speech and assembly; where possible, support the free flow of information into Iran to make it easier for Iranian citizens to communicate with one another and with the outside world; hold Iran accountable for severe human rights abuses against its own people and the people of the Middle East and Latin America, including the peoples of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon Yemen, and Venezuela; and condemn any and all attacks against protesters by Iran or its sponsored militias.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a determination, including a detailed justification, of whether any person listed in subsection
(c)meets the criteria for— the application of sanctions pursuant to section 105 of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010 ( 22 U.S.C. 8514 ); or the application of sanctions pursuant to Executive Order 13553 ( 50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property of certain persons with respect to serious human rights abuses by the Government of Iran). The persons listed in this subsection are— Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, the Supreme Leader of Iran; Asghar Jahangir, the head of Iran’s Prisons Organization; Seyyed Alireza Avaie, Iran’s Minister of Justice; Mansour Gholami, Iran’s Minister of Science; Abbas Salehi, Iran’s Minister of Culture; Hassan Hassanzadeh, Commander of Tehran Mohammed Rasoolallah Corps of Iran’s Islamic Revolutiongary Guard Corps; Mohammed Reza Yazdi, Commander of the Tehran Mohammad Rasoolallah Corps of the IRGC; Amin Vaziri, Deputy Prosecutor of Tehran and assistant supervisor of political prisoners in Evin prison; Heshmatollah Hayat Al-Ghayb, Tehran’s Director-General of Prisons; Allahkaram Azizi, Head of the Rajaie-Shahr prison in Karaj, Iran; Mohammadmehdi Majmohammadi, Head of Iran’s prisons and guidance prosecutor’s office; Ali Hemmatian, IRGC interrogator; and Masoud Safdari, IRGC interrogator. In this section, the term appropriate congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Financial Services; and the Committee on Armed Services, the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
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- Imposition of sanctions on certain persons who are responsible for or complicit in human rights abuses committed against citizens of Iran or their family members after the June 12, 2009, elections in Iran§ 8514
- Unusual and extraordinary threat; declaration of national emergency; exercise of Presidential authorities§ 1701
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Supporting human rights for the people of Iran and the victims of Iranian human rights abuses in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Venezuela
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