Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, acknowledged.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Sure. My name is Simin, as you know. I am a former political prisoner. I live in Brantford, Ontario. I am a nurse. I want to share my ordeal in the hands of the Iranian regime and the IRGC. I was just 19. In the middle of the night, eight men climbed the wall of my house, found

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Designating.... We all—all Iranians and even the countries around us that hurt from the IRGC.... The biggest and most important thing is to put the IRGC on the terrorist list, because when they are on that, their activity can be shortened. The money laundering that they do, they

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  As an Iranian woman, I always look up to Mrs. Rajavi. For almost 40 years, she has been the front-runner of freedom for women and has been speaking for women's rights in Iran. You can study their policies, talk to her. You can talk to the other Iranian groups that may be active.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. Whatever they interpret about Islam, it's not that. Do you see this picture? I hope everyone sees it. This girl, 13 years old, was arrested. They said—they made this up—that if the girl was a virgin when they executed her, she would go to heaven. They don't want these peop

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, there are different fractures, different ethnicities, in Iran, but they all call themselves Iranian. If it's something for Iran, everybody says they will give their life for Iran. The Baluchis say it. The Christians say it. The Muslims say it. The Kurds say it. The Turks say

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I would like to bring to your attention that we, as Iranians, want the world listening to the people. We don't want to postpone by having an appeasement policy, saying, “Let's talk now. Let's see how it goes.” For years, all the countries have talked to these people, and it gets

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Can you please say it in English one more time?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes, I just put it on.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. I'm sorry about that.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I am so saddened to hear that Iran has been elected to a chair on the United Nations' Commission on the Status of Women. Let me tell you about women's rights in Iran. First of all, we are second-class citizens in Iran. We don't allow a woman to go out of the home or out of the co

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. I can say that Iranians who live here, when we see some people who are related to the regime or who are supportive of the regime here..... I remember not too long ago, they had a religious ceremony in downtown Richmond Hill. People were chanting and telling them they should

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I didn't hear the question because I was disconnected. Can you please repeat it?

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, the Iranian people do not believe that this is an election. This is a selection. In any election, you should have a few different parties. The people come out and they talk, and there are new faces, but in Iran it is not like that. It's the supreme leader. Some pe