[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 190 (Wednesday, December 7, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H8805-H8806]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    CONDEMNING IRAN KILLING CHILDREN

  (Ms. PORTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PORTER. Mr. Speaker, Iran's youth have emerged as leaders of the 
anti-regime protests--but also as a political target.
  On November 16, 9-year-old Kian Pirfalak was fatally shot, becoming 
the youngest killed by Iranian authorities' response to that 
demonstration. Two months after Mahsa Amini's death, over 60 children 
have died under Iran's brutal crackdown--children no older than my own.
  These aren't accidents. Security forces are raiding grade schools 
looking for student protestors. Mass arrests and violent beatdowns are 
commonplace. Authorities are even holding hostage the remains of 
protestors, a heartless practice meant to silence grieving relatives.
  These children belong in safe schools and loving families, not in 
body bags.
  I strongly condemn Iran's killing of children and stand with the 
protestors demanding change and accountability.
  Iran should not be allowed to rob children of their lives or their 
freedoms.

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