1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Iran Human Rights and Accountability Act of 2023 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) In response to protests that broke out on November 15, 2019, the Government of Iran blocked almost all internet traffic in Iran and used deadly force against nonviolent protesters, killing approximately 1,500 persons, according to the Department of State’s 2019 Human Rights Report. (2) The Government of Iran is regularly engaged in widespread torture, extrajudicial killings, the prosecution of journalists, the taking of political prisoners, severe restrictions on the freedom of religion, and the severe repression of women and religious minorities. (3) The Government of Iran is involved in the unlawful recruitment of child soldiers by government actors to support the brutal Assad regime in Syria, according to the Department of State’s 2019 Human Rights Report. The Government of Iran is also altering the demographic composition of Syria. 3. Statement of policy It shall be the policy of the United States to— (1) support democracy and human rights in Iran, including the robust exercise by Iranians of the rights to free speech and assembly and where possible to support the free flow of information into Iran and make it easier for Iranian citizens to communicate with one another and with the outside world; (2) hold the Government of Iran accountable for severe human rights abuses against its own people and the peoples of the Middle East, including the people of Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Lebanon