Joint Subcommittee Hearing: Iran's Persecution of American Pastor Abedini Worsens

Hearing
Date:
Location:
2172 House Rayburn Office Building

Webcast

Opening Statements

Rep. Christopher H. Smith, Chairman Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations [full text of opening statement] Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa [full text of opening statement]
Witnesses
Katrina Lantos Swett, Ph.D. Vice Chair U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom [full text of statement] Ms. Naghmeh Abedini Wife of Pastor Saeed Abedini [full text of statement] [truth in testimony form] Mr. Jordan Sekulow Executive Director American Center for Law and Justice [full text of statement] [truth in testimony form] Daniel Calingaert, Ph.D. Executive Vice President Freedom House [full text of statement] [truth in testimony form] ____________________________

Hearing transcript (PDF)

Subcommittees
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations (113th Congress)
Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific (113th Congress)