I call the meeting to order.
This is the 33rd meeting of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
It is October 27, 2009. We continue our investigation into human rights in Iran. We have two witnesses today. Mojtaba Mahdavi is a professor in the department of political science at the University of Alberta; Renee Redman is the executive director of the Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.
I invite both of you to begin your testimony. Whoever would like to start can do so.