Senators Coons, Tillis statement on anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) issued the following statement on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death:

“Tomorrow marks one year since the killing of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s ‘morality police’ for purportedly wearing a hijab improperly. Mahsa’s brutal and unjust killing sparked the largest wave of protests in Iran in years, in which tens of thousands of brave Iranians called on the government to end its systematic persecution of women and improve basic human rights.

“As Co-Chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus, we continue to stand behind the rights of peaceful protesters and prisoners of conscience in Iran and reaffirm our commitment to supporting human rights, women’s rights, and democratic freedoms as cornerstones of our nation’s foreign policy.”

Senators Coons and Tillis are Co-Chairs of the Senate Human Rights Caucus. Senator Coons is a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Chair of the Senate State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPS) Appropriations Subcommittee.