COMMITTEE
PASSES
KING'S
LEGISLATION
King:
Iranian
Regime
Dangerous
to
Global
Security,
Iranians
Need
the
Motivation
to
Take
Charge
of
their
Own
Security
WASHINGTON
-
Today
the
House
International
Relations
Committee
passed
King's
legislation
which
highlights
the
Iranians'
democratic
heritage
and
seeks
to
fill
the
hearts
of
the
Iranian
people
with
the
desire
to
reject
the
bonds
of
tyranny.
The
Iranian
regime
has
made
the
international
community
nervous
recently
with
the
promise
of a
nuclear
proliferation
program.
King
introduced
the
legislation
last
month
to
mark
the
100th
anniversary
of
Iran's
Constitutional
Revolution.
A
panel
of
five
Iranian
experts,
some
on
the
Cabinet
of
the
former
government,
then
met
on
Capitol
Hill
to
present
the
historical
background
of
the
democratic
revolution
of
1906,
and
discussed
the
benefit
of
Iranian
freedom
to
the
Middle
East,
the
United
States
and
the
world.
Today
the
International
Relations
Committee
approved
the
resolution.
It
now
goes
to
the
full
House
for
consideration.
King's
bill,
H.Res.
942,
aims
to
inspire
Iranians
to
return
to
their
constitutional
democracy.
In
the
summer
of
1906,
thousands
of
Iranians,
provoked
by
the
corruption
and
oppression
by
their
rulers,
gathered
in
the
public
squares
of
Teheran
in
silent
civil
disobedience,
intimidating
the
government
with
their
quiet
demand
for
a
democratic
constitution
and
a
broadly
representative
congress.
Finally,
on
August
5,
1906,
Mozafaredin
Shah
issued
an
edict
for
the
writing
of a
democratic
constitution
that
would
surrender
power
to
the
people.
"As
the
current
Iranian
regime
presents
a
threat
to
global
security,
the
world
must
show
its
support
for
the
Iranian
people's
fight
for
freedom
and
democracy,"
said
King.
