Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I want to commend both of our witnesses today, Ms. Tamás and Professor Akhavan, for their compelling and very timely testimony. I have a question for each of you.
Ms. Tamás, you mentioned that it is essential that Canada shine the spotlight on the human rights violations in Iran. Professor Akhavan mentioned the same thing. This is what we've been trying to do with our Iran Accountability Week and the Iranian Political Prisoner Global Advocacy Project. You asked that the subcommittee condemn the imprisonment of the Bahá'í leadership and call for their release and that of other political prisoners.
I'm giving notice to the subcommittee now that I will be circulating a motion to that effect for purposes of adoption, hopefully at our Thursday meeting, based on the testimony of both Ms. Tamás and Payam Akhavan today.
My specific questions are the following. First to Ms. Tamás, what do you think we could best do to try to secure the release of the imprisoned Bahá'í leadership?
To Professor Akhavan, what might we be able to do to help secure the release of political prisoners in Iran as a whole?
We can start with Ms. Tamás.