WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:
This week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC), joined Senate colleagues to introduce a bipartisan resolution condemning the Iranian regime for suppressing its citizens' right to peacefully assemble and highlighting its long pattern of censorship, intimidation, and violent crackdowns against the Iranian people.
"The right to peaceful protest is a fundamental human right that no government should impede," said Kaine. "The Iranian government's use of violence, intimidation, and censorship to crack down on peaceful protestors is unacceptable, and I'm proud to join colleagues on both sides of the aisle in condemning t...