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22 U.S.C. § 8771 — Secretary of State assistance for prisoners in Islamic Republic of Iran
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**(a) Statement of policy** It is the policy of the United States that—
(1) the Islamic Republic of Iran should allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran unimpeded access to facilitate the full implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur, including—
(A) investigating alleged violations of human rights that are occurring or have occurred both within prisons and elsewhere;
(B) transmitting urgent appeals and letters to the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding alleged violations of human rights; and
(C) engaging with relevant stakeholders in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the surrounding region;
(2) the Islamic Republic of Iran should immediately end violations of the human rights of political prisoners or persons imprisoned for exercising the right to freedom of speech, including—
(A) torture;
(B) denial of access to health care; and
(C) denial of a fair trial;
(3) all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran should be unconditionally and immediately released;
(4) all diplomatic tools of the United States should be invoked to ensure that all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran are released, including raising individual cases of particular concern; and
(5) all officials of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran who are responsible for human rights abuses in the form of politically motivated imprisonment should be held to account, including through the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ([22 U.S.C. 10101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section10101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.)
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**(a) Statement of policy** It is the policy of the United States that—
(1) the Islamic Republic of Iran should allow the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran unimpeded access to facilitate the full implementation of the mandate of the United Nations Special Rapporteur, including—
(A) investigating alleged violations of human rights that are occurring or have occurred both within prisons and elsewhere;
(B) transmitting urgent appeals and letters to the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding alleged violations of human rights; and
(C) engaging with relevant stakeholders in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the surrounding region;
(2) the Islamic Republic of Iran should immediately end violations of the human rights of political prisoners or persons imprisoned for exercising the right to freedom of speech, including—
(A) torture;
(B) denial of access to health care; and
(C) denial of a fair trial;
(3) all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran should be unconditionally and immediately released;
(4) all diplomatic tools of the United States should be invoked to ensure that all prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran are released, including raising individual cases of particular concern; and
(5) all officials of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran who are responsible for human rights abuses in the form of politically motivated imprisonment should be held to account, including through the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act ([22 U.S.C. 10101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section10101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) and other applicable statutory authorities of the United States.
**(b) Assistance for prisoners** The Secretary of State is authorized to continue to provide assistance to civil society organizations that support prisoners of conscience and political prisoners in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including organizations that—
(1) work to secure the release of such prisoners;
(2) document violations of human rights with respect to such prisoners;
(3) support international advocacy to raise awareness of issues relating to such prisoners;
(4) support the health, including mental health, of such prisoners; and
(5) provide post-incarceration assistance to enable such prisoners to resume normal lives, including access to education, employment, or other forms of reparation.
**(c) Definitions** In this section:
(1) The term “political prisoner” means a person who has been detained or imprisoned on politically motivated grounds.
(2) The term “prisoner of conscience” means a person who—
(A) is imprisoned or otherwise physically restricted solely in response to the peaceful exercise of the human rights of such person; and
(B) has not used violence or advocated violence or hatred.
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In this chapter:
(1) **Foreign person** — The term “foreign person” has the meaning given that term in section 595.304 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before December 23, 2016).
(2) **Gross violations of internationally recognized human rights** — The term “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights” has the meaning given that term in [section 2304(d)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2304/d/1&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Person** — The term “person” has the meaning given that term in section 591.308 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before December 23, 2016).
(4) **United States person** — The term “United States person” has the meaning given that term in section 595.315 of title 31, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the day before December 23, 2016).
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 10101
(c) Report on sanctions pursuant to Executive
Order No. 13400
Not later than 180 days after January 1, 2021,
the President shall submit a report to the appro-
priate congressional committees that identifies
the senior Sudanese government officials that
President determines meet the criteria to be
sanctionable pursuant to Executive Order No.
13400 (71 Fed. Reg. 25483; relating to blocking
property of persons in connection with the con-
flict in Sudan’s Darfur region).
(d) Form
The reports required under subsections (b) and
(c) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but
may include a classified annex.
(Pub. L. 116–283, div. A, title XII, § 1270B, Jan. 1,
2021, 134 Stat. 3975.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Executive Order No. 13400, referred to in subsec. (c),
is Ex. Ord. No. 13400, Apr. 26, 2006, 71 F.R. 25483, which
is listed in a table under section 1701 of Title 50, War
and National Defense.
§ 10012. United States strategy for support to a
civilian-led government in Sudan
(a) In general
Not later than 180 days after January 1, 2021,
the Secretary of State, in coordination with the
Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development and the Secretary of
the Treasury, shall submit a strategy to the ap-
propriate congressional committees that in-
cludes—
(1) a clear articulation of specific United
States goals and objectives with respect to a
successful completion of the transitional pe-
riod and a plan to achieve such goals and ob-
jectives;
(2) a description of assistance and diplomatic
engagement to support a civilian-led govern-
ment in Sudan for the remainder of the transi-
tional period, including any possible support
for the organization of free,
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 8772
2023, and not as part of the Iran Threat Reduction and
Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 which comprises this
chapter.
SUBCHAPTER V—MISCELLANEOUS
§ 8771. Exclusion of citizens of Iran seeking edu-
cation relating to the nuclear and energy
sectors of Iran
(a) In general
The Secretary of State shall deny a visa to,
and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
exclude from the United States, any alien who is
a citizen of Iran that the Secretary of State de-
termines seeks to enter the United States to
participate in coursework at an institution of
higher education (as defined in section 1001(a) of
title 20) to prepare the alien for a career in the
energy sector of Iran or in nuclear science or nu-
clear engineering or a related field in Iran.
(b) Applicability
Subsection (a) applies with respect to visa ap-
plications filed on or after August 10, 2012.
(Pub. L. 112–158, title V, § 501, Aug. 10, 2012, 126
Stat. 1258.)
TERMINATION OF SECTION
For termination of section, see section 8785(a)
of this title.
§ 8772. Interests in certain financial assets of
Iran
(a) Interests in blocked assets
(1) In general
Subject to paragraph (2), notwithstanding
any other provision of law, including any pro-
vision of law relating to sovereign immunity,
and preempting any inconsistent provision of
State law, a financial asset that is—
(A) held by or for a foreign securities
intermediary doing business in the United
States;
(B) a blocked asset (whether or not subse-
quently unblocked), or an asset that would
be blocked if the asset were located in the
United States, that is property described in
subsection (b); and
(C) equal in value to a financial asset of
Iran, including an asset of the central bank
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