Capitol Hill
Policy Day
Wednesday, May 22
Hart Senate Office Building
Room SH-902
Washington, D.C.
Boxed Lunch: 12:00 p.m.
Program: 12:30 – 4 p.m.
Focus: Religious Freedom and Human Rights in Iran
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Hosted by International Christian Concern
Policy Day Distinguished Speakers
Keynote Speaker:
Senator Ted Cruz
US Senator for Texas
Tony Perkins
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Commissioner
Ambassador Sam Brownback
United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom
Maryam and Marziyeh
Victims of persecution in Iran
Dan Baumann
YWAM missionary and author of Imprisoned in Iran, the story of his arrest and sentencing while on a visit to Iran
Suzanne Maloney
Deputy Director – Foreign Policy, Senior Fellow – Center for Middle East Policy Brookings Institution
Dr. Hormoz Shariat
President of Iran Alive Ministries
Jeff King
President of International Christian Concern
Policy Day Distinguished Panelists
Dr. Mike Ansari
President, Heart4Iran
Sean Nelson
Legal Counsel, Global Religious Freedom, for ADF International
Isaac Six
Director of Advocacy, Open Doors USA
Emilie Kao
Director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion & Civil Society at The Heritage Foundation
Scott Weiner
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) Policy Analyst
Matias Perttula
Advocacy Director, International Christian Concern
ICC's Largest Advocacy Event of the Year
Join us at the Hart Senate Office Building to hear Senators, Congressmen, and NGO leaders deliver remarks and participate in panel discussions regarding religious freedom in Iran. Interact with leaders and show your support for an important new piece of legislation that seeks to help the persecuted and oppressed in Iran.
ICC will detail our efforts to target those Iranians that imprison and torture
its Christian citizens in Iran’s “living coffin” (Evin Prison).
Policy Day Location:
Hart Senate Office Building
Room SH-902
(Take the North Tower elevator to the 9th floor)
Persecution at an All Time High in Iran
Iran’s 40-year effort to strangle its Christian population and other religious minorities continues unabated and is accelerating. Its overall human rights record continues to decline as freedom of expression, speech, assembly, and religion are essentially non-existent.
No Change in Sight
Iran’s rulers continue to manipulate election results and crush public uprisings calling for change. These human rights abuses must be brought to light and should play a central role in the foreign policy debate regarding Iran.
Call for Action
The United States must pursue effective sanctions and garner support from the international community to press for change in Iran.
Join ICC in calling on the United States to pass strong legislation condemning the Iranian regime for its continued violation of human rights and persecution of Christians and other religious minorities.
