Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  First of all, I'm going to combine your Toomaj question with this one. There's a Toomaj act that has been drafted in the United States, and our organization, the Iranian Justice Collective, has created a Canadian version of this Toomaj act, asking for an expansion of Canada's sanctions to include revolutionary courts, including their prosecutors, judges and staff.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'd like to echo what Ms. Boniadi was talking about. Yes, it appears that we're quite divided, but I think parliamentarians often hear the loud voices of certain extremists. I want you to be hopeful that there is the silent majority. There are the middle people who are united, who want freedom, democracy and human rights in Iran.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you for your question. Definitely, this particular one is extremely important. A special session was called on Iran after the whole world saw the atrocities taking place when Mahsa Jina Amini died. They held this special session and called for a report. After a year, they came out with the first part of a report.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Yes. When it comes to child executions, there are over 160 children on death row, and I think the way a country treats its most vulnerable is a testament to the entire.... Just in that example alone, we need to enact a cost, and that means thinking twice about shaking the hands of these regime officials or giving your condolences for the—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  I'd be happy to speak to you more about it afterwards.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Absolutely. We now have 10 states supporting the consideration of gender apartheid in the draft crimes against humanity treaty. We would love to see Canada do the same. It's just Canada using the term—

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Okay. I was just saying that we hope that Canada and parliamentarians start using the term “gender apartheid”, so that it becomes recognized, and support this campaign to end gender apartheid. With the leadership of Brian Mulroney at the time, Canada was behind convincing leaders like Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to get on board and champion the cause for ending racial apartheid in South Africa.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you. As I was saying, the UN's fact-finding mission report covers the timeframe of September 2022, after the death of Mahsa Jina Amini at the hands of the regime's morality police, which sparked the “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprisings in which more than 600 peaceful protesters were killed, 71 of whom were children.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  All right. As I was saying, this fact-finding mission report.... No, I still hear the Persian at full volume.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you to the chair and the committee. I appeared before this same committee 17 years ago. Tragically, the human rights atrocities in Iran remain the same, as do my recommendations. The war on women continues. Girls are beaten, dragged screaming into police vans and raped for not wearing a hijab.

Subcommittee on International Human Rights committee  What should I do here? I can hear in my earpiece the simultaneous translation.