Hi John,
We have good news: the Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted on and passed S.Con.Res. 2 [[link removed]] yesterday! It's a bipartisan, bicameral resolution that condemns the Iranian government's crackdown on nationwide protests and encourages tech companies to take advantage of recent sanctions carve-outs to support internet freedom. Critically, it also avoids harmful calls to escalate broad sanctions that punish ordinary Iranians.
Next, the resolution will likely be considered by the full Senate, and NIAC Action needs your help, John, to make sure your Senator supports it and that it passes. We already have a slim majority of Senators in support, but more are needed to ensure that it passes and that no poison pills are added behind closed doors.
Will you sign our petition calling on Congress to pass S.Con.Res. 2? [[link removed]]
SIGN PETITION NOW [[link removed]]
Why is this bill so important?
1.
The
resolution
explicitly
calls
on
big
tech
companies
to
make
vital
internet
and
communications
technology
accessible
to
people
inside
Iran.
Although
the
Biden
administration
loosened
sanctions
on
online
communication
tools
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last
September,
many
private
sector
companies
have
failed
to
meet
the
moment
and
help
Iranians.
That’s
why
S.Con.Res.
2
is
paramount
to
encouraging
the
risk-averse
tech
giants
to
provide
Iranians
with
vital
tools
to
skirt
the
Iranian
government’s
surveillance.
2.
S.Con.Res
2
encourages
sanctions
to
be
targeted
at
human
rights
violators,
not
Iranian
society
as
a
whole.
Compared
to
the
nationwide
sanctions
that
have
hurt
Iranian
society
and
the
decades-long
movement
for
democracy
and
human
rights,
this
resolution
encourages
the
Biden
administration
to
keep
focusing
on
authorities
that
directly
target
Iran’s
repressive
apparatus,
not
its
innocent
citizens.
Now that this resolution has passed through committee, after passing the House of Representatives 420-1, it must now pass through the Senate as a whole. Can you help us move one step closer to passing S.Con.Res. 2 by signing our petition? [[link removed]]
TELL senators: STAND WITH IRANIAN PROTESToRS [[link removed]]
Thank you, John, for using your voice to advance this important resolution standing with the people of Iran.
In solidarity,
NIAC Action Policy Team
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