WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Sen. Ron Wyden issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Senator John Boozman, R-Ark., today led 19 Senate colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution condemning Iran's government for persecuting members of the Baha'i faith.
"The Iranian government has squeezed every freedom from members of the Baha'i community," Wyden said. "Imprisoning and torturing Baha'is and taking away their rights is immoral, unjust, and just plain wrong. The Baha'i community in Iran deserves to freely practice their religion without fear of state-sponsored persecution. I will not stop making it loud and clear that we will not stand for any part of Iran's full-scale attack on the Baha'i community."
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