[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 85 (Thursday, June 29, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H5442]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                CONDEMNING ACTIONS OF IRANIAN GOVERNMENT

  (Mr. VISCLOSKY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to condemn the actions of 
the Iranian government against 13 members of that Nation's Jewish 
community. The citizens arrested over a year ago have been accused of 
spying for Israel. Ten of the 13 have been in prison since their arrest 
last year. All have been brought before a court with no jury, in which 
the judge also serves as the prosecutor, to face accusations that they 
have not heard, without the assistance of a lawyer or any contact with 
their families or friends.
  This would, unfortunately, not be the first time a show trial in Iran 
resulted in the deaths of members of the Jewish community. Since the 
Islamic revolution in 1979, 17 Jews have been executed in Iran. I say 
it is time for this to stop.
  I call on those in Iran who represent reason and reform to intervene 
and prevent a brutal outcome to this trial.

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