Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to all the witnesses for their incredible bravery. I always think that the way to judge where a country's moral compass is and how far it has come as a democracy is to see its treatment of minorities, women or people with disabilities. Unfortunately, we can't say that the situation in Iran has improved at all over the many years we've been holding the Iran Accountability Week. I thank you for your action and your courage.
Professor Akhavan, Mr. Sweet spoke a bit about the sanctions under the Magnitsky laws and the possibility of using them. We've also heard previously in the committee about the delicacy with which sanctions should be applied. We've heard that more general, broad sanctions really affect the people of Iran, rather than the perpetrators of human rights abuses.
Could you outline for us, Professor, how you think the Magnitsky laws would help in the situation in Iran?