PROCLAIMING FREEDOM, LIFE, & LIBERTY FOR THE CITIZENS OF IRAN

Whereas, in January 2026, the world witnessed millions of Iranians rise in peaceful defiance of the brutal dictatorship of the Regime, demanding freedom, life, and liberty. The Regime responded with terror and slaughter, killing and maiming tens of thousands while imprisoning civilians, on a scale among the worst of modern history, as part of a systematic attack against civilians that constitutes crimes against humanity; and

Whereas, the Regime unleashed weapons of war against civilians, hunting them down through streets, seizing them from their homes, and removing wounded from hospitals, to put them to death. They carried out mass killings, abductions, and executions, including children, women, and the elderly, and withheld the bodies of victims to extort payment from families before releasing them; and

Whereas, reports and images have documented the aftermath of this violence with blood-stained sidewalks, littered with the shoes of those killed as they tried to flee, and overflowing morgues and warehouses marked by hills of body bags. Large numbers of the dead were stored in trucks and other makeshift facilities. War-torn homes & businesses, alongside accounts of extreme brutality, and grim scenes that recall the darkest mass atrocities of this century, while the Regime severed all internet and telephone access to conceal their crimes; and

Whereas, the Regime is a known state sponsor of worldwide terrorism, enabling violence beyond Iran's borders and threatening peace and security internationally; and

Whereas, for years, the people of Iran have endured dictatorship imposed against their will and have risen again and again to fight for their inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms, only to be met each time with brutality; and

Whereas, the state of Arizona stands with the people of Iran, denouncing the Regime's campaign of terror, repression, and crimes against civilians, condemning its export of terrorism, and true ideals of liberty, justice, and self-determination, affirming the principles of human dignity, freedom of conscience, and representative government; and

Therefore, I, Representative David Marshall Sr., invite the members of the Arizona House of Representatives to join me in honoring the victims of the Regime's atrocities and the courage of those who continue to risk their lives for freedom, dignity and justice. Affirming the Iranian people's right to self-determination, including free and fair elections and the establishment of a representative government chosen by the Iranian people

Dated this 30th day of March 2026
Representative David Marshall Sr.
Legislative District 7