Iran-US Policy - Travel restrictions - Citizen-Journalism in Iran.

2020 Goals

IranianAmericansForLiberty

Religious Liberty

Repression of religious minorities, including Jews, Christians, Bahais, Atheists/Non-believers and other ex-Muslims.

Freedom of Speech & the Press

The Islamic Republic regime of Iran Must Be Held Accountable For Violently Oppressing Free Speech, Peaceful Civil Demonstrations, and Restricting Internet Access.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert

Ending the policy of appeasement of the totalitarian Islamic Republic regime

Children Killed in Yemen

Beirut Marine Bombing

The Islamic Republic Regime of Iran Needs To Be Held Accountable for Human Rights Violations Against the People of Iran

Human Rights

In May 2020, human rights lawyer Soheila Hejab was violently taken to the notorious Qarchak Prison after an appeals court hearing. Agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) brutalized and arrested her following her appeals court hearing. Reports indicate that the agents dragged her by her hair across asphalt and brutally beat her before taking her to Qarchak Prison in Varamin. Among the assailants was her former IRGC interrogator who has repeatedly threatened to have her killed by criminal inmates in prison. The agents of the Sarallah Base, which belongs to the Intelligence unit of the IRGC, punched and kicked Soheila in the head, face, and sides.

Women

A 23 year old Kurdish man, Ramin Hossein Panahi, along with Zaniar Moradi and Loghman Moradi were executed in September 2018 for allegedly having ties to Kurdish opposition parties, after an unfair trial and amid serious allegations of torture.

Ethnic Minorities

Mohsen Lorestani, a Kurdish singer from Kermanshah, was charged with ‘corruption on earth’ stemming from conversations online in a private chat. Lorestani was convicted and sentenced to death. It is believed he was executed in December 2019. Iranian law allows for the execution of those accused of being gay, even if there is no evidence of their sexual activities.

LGBTQ

ISSUES

Ending the Support of Global Terrorism

The past policies of appeasement, such as the JCPOA, have only emboldened the Islamic Republic to increase its financing of terrorism in the Middle East. The Islamic Republic is squandering the national wealth and treasure of its citizens without their consent through far-fetched international adventures. The result is economic devastation for its citizens. Despite the assurances that were given at the time, the funding the Islamic Republic received under the JCPOA was used to finance international terrorism and military operations, resulting in the harm or death of many American service members in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and terrorists attacks on Israel. It is our goal to stand up against politicians who advocate for and pursue policies of appeasement and naively sacrifice America’s national interest to cut a deal with dictators.

Hezbollah serves as one of Iran’s most powerful surrogates and has mastered the art of using the global Lebanese diaspora for their own interests. The group has evolved from a Lebanese militia into a major player in the Lebanese government—despite being designated in 2018 as a “top transnational organized crime threat” by the US Attorney General.