[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H2815]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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      A TRIBUTE TO MARYAM RAJAVI AND FREEDOM FIGHTERS IN IRAN ON 
                       INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

  (Mr. TRAFICANT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TRAFICANT. Mr. Speaker, today is International Women's Day, 
celebrated here in America, but not in Iran. In Iran, women are treated 
like cattle. Women cannot own property. In fact, women cannot even 
choose their own clothing, and are still stoned to death.
  What is ironic is this terrorist nation, this totalitarian regime is 
now being challenged by a new democratic resistance party led by a 
woman, Maryam Rajavi. I rise today to pay tribute to Maryam Rajavi and 
the freedom fighters in Iran and, on International Women's Day, to pay 
tribute to the achievement of all women, but advise Congress to take a 
look at Iran.
  Iran will not change from without; Iran must change from within. 
President Maryam Rajavi and her government in exile, a democratic 
government in exile in France, can do that, and provide human rights in 
Iran.

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