His written statement, as president of the Research Institute on Contemporary Iran, to the joint House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing "The Shame of Iranian Human Rights." He documents the rise in arrests of activists, journalists, students, workers and minorities in 2014, the continuing torture of political prisoners, and executions rising to more than 800 known cases despite Rouhani's promises. He proposes a standing subcommittee to monitor human rights abuses in Iran.