It is ironic indeed that in today's Persia, which we now call Iran, its current leaders follow in Haman's footsteps by expressing their own form of vicious anti-Semitism.
Lantos Swett compares Iran's leaders to Haman, highlighting their anti-Semitic rhetoric.
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I commend your focus on the continued deterioration of religious freedom conditions in Iran, most notably for Christians and other religious minorities.
Congress has an extraordinary role, has had an extraordinary role historically in being the conscience of our nation when it comes to human rights.
I think there is a deeper way in which this has to be addressed, and that is that religious freedom must become a key priority of American foreign policy.
Unfortunately, the appalling treatment of Pastor Abedini reflects the dismal reality of religious freedom and human rights in Iran today.