Sec. 3. Statement of Policy
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It is the policy of the United States that— the Islamic Republic of Iran should allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran unimpeded access to facilitate the full implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur, including— investigating alleged violations of human rights that are occurring or have occurred both within prisons and elsewhere; transmitting urgent appeals and letters to the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding alleged violations of human rights; and engaging with relevant stakeholders in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the surrounding region; the Islamic Republic of Iran should immediately end violations of the human rights of political prisoners or persons imprisoned for exercising the right to freedom of speech, including— torture; assault; denial of access to health care; and denial of a fair trial; all arbitrarily detained individuals, including peaceful protesters, political prisoners, and prisoners of conscience, should be unconditionally and immediately released; all diplomatic tools of the United States should be invoked to ensure that all arbitrarily detained individuals, including political prisoners and prisoners of conscience in the Islamic Republic of Iran are released, including raising individual cases of particular concern; and all officials of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran who are responsible for human rights abuses in the form of politically motivated imprisonment should be held to account, including through the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ( 22 U.S.C. 10101 et seq. ) and other applicable statutory authorities of the United States.
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