What is the MAHSA Act (H.R. 589)?

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WhatistheMAHSAAct?

TheMahsaAminiHumanRightsandSecurityAccountabilityAct,ortheMAHSAAct,isabillnewlyintroducedtothe 118thCongressasH.R.589thatwouldrequirethePresidenttodeterminewhetherhigh-rankingofficialsoftheIslamic RepublicregimeinIranshouldbelistedunderexistingUSsanctionsforhumanrightsabusesandsupportofterrorism.

TheMAHSAActspecificallytargets(1)theSupremeLeaderofIranandanyofficialintheOfficeoftheSupremeLeader ofIran,(2)thePresidentofIranandanyofficialintheOfficeofthePresidentofIran,and(3)anyentitythatisoverseen bytheOfficeoftheSupremeLeaderofIranthatiscomplicitinsupportinghumanrightsabusesorterrorism Thiswould includetheblockingofproperty,visabans,andothermeasurestoholdtheseindividualsandentitiesaccountable.

TheMAHSAActemploystheuseofthreeexistingExecutiveOrdersandtheincludedsanctionsauthorities:Executive Order13224(BushAdministration),ExecutiveOrder13553(ObamaAdministration),ExecutiveOrder13818(Trump Administration) ItalsoemploysexistingsanctionsinCAATSA

WhydoIranian-AmericanssupporttheMAHSAAct?

PollingoftheIranian-Americancommunityhas,forfiveconsecutiveyears,shownthatthecommunity’sforemostpolicy concernisthepromotionofhumanrightsanddemocracyinIran Sincethebeginningofthemostrecentpro-democracy protestsintheaftermathofthestatemurderof22yearoldMahsaAmini,whichhasincludedbrutalcrackdownswithover 18,000arrests,anestimated600protestersmurdered(includingatleast64childrenand35women),andover100people atimminentriskofexecution,ourcommunity’sdedicationtothisissuehasincreasedimmensely

Becauseofthis,theMAHSAActhasbroad-basedsupportwithinourcommunity.Iranian-AmericansviewtheMAHSA ActasacrucialstepinimposingcostsontheperpetratorsofthesecrimesagainsttheIranianpeople Wecurrentlyfind ourselvesinawindowofopportunitywithvirtuallynodomesticoppositiontomeasurestobetakenagainstthe IslamicRepublicwhileweseealmostuniversalsupportforpunitivemeasuresagainsttheregime.

TheMAHSAActhasbeenreintroducedtothe118thCongresswith61co-sponsorsincluding32Republicansand29 Democrats.Youcanseethelivelistofup-to-dateco-sponsorshere

OrganizationsSupportingtheMAHSAAct

Inadditiontobeingsupportedbyourorganization,NUFDI,theMAHSAActisalsosupportedbytheAllianceforthe RightsofallMinorities(ARAM),theIranWorkingGroupoftheInternationalReligiousFreedomRoundtable,the InternationalOrganizationtoPreserveHumanRights(IOPHR),theCyrusForum, theAmericanIsraelPublicAffairs Committee(AIPAC)andUnitedAgainstNuclearIran(UANI).

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ImpactsoftheMAHSAAct

SanctionsthatholdSupremeLeaderAliKhameneiandPresidentEbrahimRaisiindividuallyaccountable,suchasthose specifiedintheMAHSAAct,willhavesignificantsymbolicvaluefortheIranianpeopleandwillshowthemthatthe AmericanCongressisholdingtheirperpetratorsaccountablefortheircrimesagainsthumanity.Furthermore,itwillhavea significantimpactinweakeningtheregime’seconomicabilitytocrackdownonprotestersandperpetratefurtherviolence YoursupportfortheMAHSAActwillbeameaningfulshowofsolidaritywithyourIranian-Americanconstituents,an importantshowofsupportfortheIranianpeople’smovementforhumanrightsanddemocracy,andanimpactfulstepin holdingthisregimeaccountableforitscrimes.

AboutNUFDI

NUFDIisanon-profit,non-partisanorganizationrepresentingtheIranian-AmericancommunityinpursuitofaUSpolicy towardIranbasedonthevaluesofhumanrightsanddemocracy.

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