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Tehran Incitement to Violence Act

Floor Speech

Date: June 8, 2026
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. SELF. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my bill, H.R. 6230, the Tehran Incitement to Violence Act.

This bill would require a sanctions determination for Iranian clerics, organizations, and regime-linked entities for issuing and amplifying fatwas that explicitly call for the deaths of political leaders.

These sanctions would include property-blocking sanctions and total immigration bans to deter such deadly incitement.

By passing this bill, Congress sends an unmistakable message: The United States will never accept death threats.

I thank Chairman Mast and Ranking Member Meeks for supporting this commonsense, bipartisan bill in markup.

Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this bill.

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