Mr. Speaker, I rise today to pay homage to brave Iranians and to spotlight the bloodshed that occurred in Iran after courageous Iranians took to the streets to demand dignity and freedom.
The scale of the wholesale brutality unleashed on those peaceful protesters by the Iranian regime is unprecedented in the annals of modern history. Many thousands of Iranians were massacred, and many more have been detained.
The pictures emerging from Iran are both horrific and unconscionable. Any regime that brutalizes its own citizens is a grave menace to every member of the international community.
I stand among members to say that we cannot remain indifferent. We must join other countries in doing everything we can to hold this Iranian regime to account and assist beleaguered Iranians. What I am certain of is that courageous Iranians will ultimately prevail and this criminal regime will fall. It is destined for the dustbin of history.