Capitol Hill Exhibition Showcased Rights Violations in Iran, Called for Banning Regime’s President Raisi from Entering U.S
WASHINGTON, DC – From August 12, 2022 through Monday August 15, 2022 and a year after installment of Iran regime’s president Ebrahim Raisi in office, an elaborate photo exhibition and rally on the U.S. Capitol lawn exposed his involvement in four decades of systemic human rights violation. The exhibition underlined Raisi’s direct role in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners and murder of over 1,500 protesters during the 2019 uprisings.
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX) addressed the accompanying rally, called on the United States to hold Ebrahim Raisi accountable for his crimes, and ask President Biden to ban him from entering the U.S. She also passionately expressed support for the Iranian resistance and madam Maryam Rajavi’s 10-point plan for future Iran and said, “257 cosponsors of H.Res.118, I am an original cosponsor, to make sure justice is done.
Professor Ivan Sheehan, Exec Director of the University of Baltimore School of Public Affairs, said in his remarks, “How many Americans must be targeted before policymakers can resolve themselves to a fundamental truth? Regime Change in #Iran is the only way forward. The Biden administration must trade rhetoric for action.”
In his remarks, Ambassador Lincoln Bloomfield, a former senior State Department official, highlighted the fact that over 90% of those executed in the 1988 massacre were members and sympathizer of the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK).
On the second day of the Exhibition, former White House official, the honorable Linda Chavez said, “this display is one of just a fraction of the people who were killed by the Iranian regime and I am here specially to call on the government not to allow the man who was part of this massacre, Ebrahim Raisi to be able to come to the United States.”
A number of relatives of victims and other political/religious personalities also addressed the exhibition, calling for banning Raisi from entering the United States to attend the upcoming UN General Assembly meetings in New York City. Raisi is on Washington’s sanctions list for “Advancing Regime’s Domestic and Foreign Oppression.” Organizers urged the White House to hold Raisi accountable for his crimes against humanity and genocide.
LOCATION: US Capitol Grounds
3rd St. SW, Between Madison Dr NW & Jefferson Dr SW
Amid alleged Iranian murder plots, critics demand Biden deny Iran’s president a US visa
Dr. Majid Sadeghoour (@MRSadeghpour), Political Director of OIAC: "Organization of Iranian American Communities urges the President of the United States to deny Ebrahim Raisi a U.S. entry visa”@POTUS @SpeakerPelosi
Day 3 of Photo Exhibition#NoVisa4Raisi#1988Massacre pic.twitter.com/lN57db7gQL
— OIAC Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) August 14, 2022
Thanks Congressman Weber, @TXRandy14. You are right in calling for #NoVisa4Raisi. @OrgIAC sponsored a photo exhibition from August 12-15th, 2022, featuring nearly 2000 pictures of #1988Masacre victims. @SecBlinken #ProsecuteRaisiNow pic.twitter.com/Fy5Ibw1zGt
— OIAC Organization of Iranian American Communities (@OrgIAC) August 16, 2022
