Bipartisan House Bill Proposes Sanctioning Iran’s Judiciary for Crackdown on Dissent
Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., announced May 31 that she and three other House members have introduced a bill that would sanction Iranian judges, prosecutors and investigators for their ongoing persecution of peaceful protesters.
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The Targeting Oppressive Officers to Mitigate Abuse in the Iranian Judiciary (TOOMAJ) Act is co-sponsored by Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.; Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., and David Trone, D-Md.
The bill is named after Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper and political dissident who was recently sentenced to death for speaking out about his government’s human rights violations.