Claudia Tenney Urges Biden Admin to 'Use Every Tool' to Support Iranian Protesters

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50% : The resolution, Tenney said, commends "the bravery, courage and resolve of the women and men of Iran, demonstrating in more than 80 cities and risking their safety to speak out against the Iranian violent regime and violent human rights abuses."
47% :While expressing support for Iranians fighting for freedom and condemning the regime's "violent suppression of their rights," the resolution also urges the Biden administration to "use every tool at its disposal to support the Iranian protesters.""This includes sanctioning regime officials, expanding Internet access in Iran, and opposing the regime's attempts to use facial recognition software and data for mass surveillance," Tenney said.
40% : She also noted that the legislation "encourages the international community to condemn the Iranian regime's brutality and violence against the protesters, to speak out against Iran's repeated violations of human rights, and to impose harsh sanctions on the Iranian regime."Tenney concluded by vowing to continue to stand with the people of Iran "in their struggle to establish a democratic non-nuclear country where they can one day live freely and safely again.""It's imperative that we continue to reveal the truth, especially here in Congress, and do everything in our power to hold this regime accountable for its malign actions against its own people and our sacred partners in the region," she added.
40% : As a result, women cutting off locks of hair has become an international gesture of solidarity with Amini and the other oppressed women of Iran.
36% : In October, representatives of Iran's parliament in exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) claimed Iran is currently witnessing a revolution "in the making," asserting that despite the crimes and "savagery" committed by the regime's "suppressive forces" -- including the killing and torturing of protesters during current protests against the Islamic regime by angry citizens -- the Islamic Republic is no longer capable of containing the current uprising.
35% :Her latest remarks come as massive protests continue to sweep Iran following the September death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the Islamic theocracy's notorious "morality police" for violating strict requirements for women to keep their heads covered in public.
31% :The protests, she noted, have been raging across Iran for nearly three months, and have been increasingly met with a violent crackdown by the regime's forces.
31% : Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism worldwide, has long viewed the United States as a principal antagonist and has frequently accused the U.S. of inciting protesters in a bid to "destabilize" the region.
27% : On Sunday, Tenney declared she would "continue standing with the brave people of Iran as they demand their rights and freedom against a brutal theocratic regime.""The world must unite and hold the regime in Iran accountable for its abhorrent actions against its people," she wrote.
9% :Calling out the "brutal regime" of Iran for continuing to "protect the[ir?] abusers and those responsible for the abuse of these brave protesters," Tenney explained that Tehran has been unable "to hide these horrific actions from the world."

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