Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much. Dear chairman and honourable members of the Canadian Parliament, it's such an honour. I'm reading Nasrin Sotoudeh's husband Reza Khandan's letter to you. Dear chairman and honourable members of the Canadian parliament, hereby I would like to express my gre

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  The day I had a press conference here, they spread a lie about me being here. After that, they went to my house. They said I was asking for sanction for the people of Iran, and that's why the officers went to my house. The Iranian Canadian consul spread lies about my action. This

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I just have one point for Mr. Hashemi. I guess it's a great thing to give honourable citizenship to Nasrin Sotoudeh, but she's in—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  —jail. I can't say that all of the human rights activists right now are in jail. Most of our human rights lawyers are in—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  —jail, and the other ones just keep silent, because they're going to end up in jail. We have other Canadian citizens. Saeed Malekpour is in jail. What can you do for him? He's a Canadian resident, and he is in jail. Niloufar Bayani is in jail. They haven't even given her an ac

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. My family, as I told you, my husband was arrested with me. He didn't do anything back then. Last December, I came here for a press conference to support the Magnitsky sanction. After that, some officers went to my parents' house. My mother was alone at the time and told th

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much. I just want to thank you.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you so much. First of all, I want to thank you, the subcommittee, for inviting me here to testify about human rights violations in Iran. I'm so sorry for being late. My name is Shaparak Shajarizadeh. Many of you on this subcommittee may know my story, but for those who do