[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 15]
[House]
[Pages 20206-20207]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       IRAN'S MARTYRS OF FREEDOM

  (Mr. McCOTTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, recently we have seen the end of Islam's 
40-day period of mourning for the martyrs of freedom that were killed 
on June 20, Neda Soltan, Taraneh Mousavi.
  And what did the regime do in response? They prevented people from 
attending their grave sites. They removed people who wanted to lay 
flowers. And in the end, as reported by msnbc.com, Brigadier General 
Abdollah Araghi warned against any further gatherings: ``We are not 
joking. We will confront those who will fight against the clerical 
establishment.''
  Yes, Mr. Speaker, they will fight against rape and murder, martyrs 
such

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as Neda and Taraneh. But the world will mourn these martyrs, and soon 
Iran and all the world will rejoice when these murderers are brought to 
justice and the Iranian people breathe free.

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