[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



            CONDEMNING IRAN FOR ITS TRIAL OF 13 IRANIAN JEWS

  (Mr. REYNOLDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. REYNOLDS. Mr. Speaker, a trial is underway in Iran where the 
judge serves as investigator, prosecutor, and judge. There is no jury. 
In fact, this court operates outside the control of the Iranian 
president. I am referring to the trial of the revolutionary courts of 
13 Iranian Jews held in an Iranian prison for over a year.
  These men are accused of spying for Israel and the United States. 
After a year, charges have yet to be filed. Both Israel and the United 
States deny that these men, who include a rabbi, three Hebrew teachers, 
and a shoe store clerk, were conducting espionage on their behalf. Yet, 
they are still held.
  Mr. Speaker, recent election victories by reformers in Iran have 
shown that the country is attempting to reject the old ways of the 
hard-liners.

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  This trial is a step in the wrong direction. Iran's mock justice is 
outrageous and should not be tolerated. The world is watching.

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