corruption and impoverishment in Iran, as well as the Iranian regime’s foreign policy of supporting terrorism. (12) Senior governmental, military, and public security officials in Iran have continued ordering, controlling, and committing egregious human rights violations and abuses that, in many cases, represent official policies of the Iranian regime. (13) The 2016 Department of State Human Rights Report on Iran noted, According to the press, NGOs, and the testimony of former prisoners, authorities often held political prisoners in solitary confinement for extended periods, denying them due process and access to legal representation. Political prisoners were also at greater risk of torture and abuse in detention and often mixed with the general prison population despite the political crimes bill stipulation that they have their own facilities. . (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should— (1) deny the Government of Iran the ability to continue to oppress the people of Iran and to use violence and executions to silence pro-democracy protestors