Condemning the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for the 1988 massacre of political prisoners and calling for justice for the victims

H.Con.Res.159
Introduced: 
September 21, 2016
114
Second
September 21, 2016
Referred to House (sub)committee

This resolution condemned the Iranian government for its mass execution of thousands of political prisoners and opponents of the regime in 1988 and urged the Obama administration to publicly do the same. It also called for the UN to create a special commission to investigate the massacre.

48 cosponsors (25D, 23R).

Last major action: 9/21/16 referred to House Comm. on Foreign Affairs.

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Robert Brady(D-PA)Michael Capuano(D-MA)Steve Chabot(R-OH)Judy Chu(D-CA)
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Robert Brady(D-PA)Michael Capuano(D-MA)Steve Chabot(R-OH)Judy Chu(D-CA)David Cicilline(D-RI)William Clay Jr(D-MO)Mike Coffman(R-CO)Stephen Cohen(D-TN)Barbara Comstock(R-VA)Paul Cook(R-CA)Mark DeSaulnier(D-CA)John Delaney(D-MD)Eliot Engel(D-)Blake Farenthold(R-TX)John Garamendi(D-CA)Gene Green(D-TX)Glenn S. Grothman(R-WI)Brian Higgins(D-)Sheila Jackson-Lee(D-TX)Hakeem Jeffries(D-NY)David Joyce(R-OH)William Keating(D-MA)Joseph Kennedy III(D-MA)John Lewis(D-GA)Alan Lowenthal(D-CA)Blaine Luetkemeyer(R-MO)Michelle Lujan Grisham(D-NM)Tom Marino(R-PA)Tom McClintock(R-CA)James McGovern(D-MA)Mark Meadows(R-NC)Eleanor Holmes Norton(D-DC)Pete Olson(R-TX)Edwin Perlmutter(D-CO)Scott Peters(D-CA)Robert Pittenger(R-NC)Ted Poe(R-TX)Dana Rohrabacher(R-CA)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen(R-FL)Ed Royce(R-CA)Pete Sessions(R-TX)Brad Sherman(D-CA)Albio Sires(D-NJ)Scott Tipton(R-CO)Randy K. Weber(R-TX)Rob Woodall(R-GA)Ted Yoho(R-FL)Don Young(R-AK)

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Legislation Topics

Iran