[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1256 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1256

      Condemning the United Nations moment of silence for Ebrahim 
   Raisolsadati as a blatant disregard of the United Nations Charter.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2024

   Mrs. Miller of West Virginia (for herself, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. 
Huizenga, Mr. Biggs, Mr. Babin, Mr. Burchett, and Ms. Tenney) submitted 
   the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
                            Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
      Condemning the United Nations moment of silence for Ebrahim 
   Raisolsadati as a blatant disregard of the United Nations Charter.

Whereas Ebrahim Raisolsadati (commonly known as ``Ebrahim Raisi'') served as 
        Iran's 8th President from 2021 to 2024;
Whereas, as a ranking member of the Iranian regime, Raisolsadati played a role 
        in the mass political executions in 1988 that took the lives of between 
        2,500 and 30,000 civilians;
Whereas Raisi later defended his actions in saying he was ``proud of being a 
        defender of human rights and of people's security and comfort as a 
        prosecutor wherever I was'';
Whereas the actions of Raisolsadati during the 1988 attacks as one of the judges 
        who oversaw the mass executions earned him the nickname the ``Butcher of 
        Tehran'';
Whereas, as President, Raisolsadati presided over the mass security crackdown 
        that followed the protests of the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman detained 
        over her allegedly loose headscarf, and that killed more than 500 people 
        and saw over 22,000 detained;
Whereas human rights lawyers have described Raisolsadati as being ``responsible 
        for the incarceration, torture, rape and murder of tens of thousands of 
        people over the last few decades'';
Whereas Raisolsadati's Presidency was hallmarked by the brutal suppression, 
        detention, and execution of ethnic and religious minorities and women;
Whereas, after the death of Raisolsadati and Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein 
        Amir-Abdollahian, the United Nations Security Council held a moment of 
        silence at the request of China, Russia, and Algeria;
Whereas the United Nations preamble reads that ``We the People of the United 
        Nations determined. . .to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in 
        the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men 
        and women and of nations large and small''; and
Whereas paragraph 3 of Article 1 of Chapter I of the United Nations Charter 
        reads that ``The Purpose of the United Nations are: To achieve 
        international co-operation in solving international problems of an 
        economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character, and in promoting 
        and encouraging respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms 
        for all without distinction as to race, sex, language, or religion'': 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) condemns the egregious human rights violations 
        orchestrated by the Iranian regime and President Ebrahim 
        Raisolsadati;
            (2) finds that the United Nations Security Council holding 
        a moment of silence for the death of Raisolsadati is 
        inconsistent with the United Nation's chartered values of 
        reaffirming and encouraging faith in human rights; and
            (3) denounces the decision of United States Deputy 
        Ambassador to the United Nations Robert Wood for participating 
        in the moment of silence.
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