Iran Freedom and Support Act
- Iran Freedom and Support Act
The Iran Freedom and Support Act of 2005 (USPL|109|293) is an Act of Congress that appropriated $10 million and directed the President of the United States to spend that money in support of groups opposed to the Iranian government. Supporters hailed the Act as an important step in overthrowing of Iran's theocratic government, and instituting a liberal democracy in its placeFact|date=January 2007. Opponents claimed the bill was a first step towards a US-led invasion of the country.[ [http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/06/04/con06170.html Sheehan, Cindy. "Mission Accomplished Day". April 30, 2006.] ] [Dennis Kucinich called the act a "steppingstone to war." [http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=42687 "Kucinich Speaks Out Against House Bill That Lays The Ground Work For War Against Iran"] ] However, proponents claim that the act somehow prohibits the use of the US military to "promote democracy" in IranFact|date=January 2007]In response to the passage of the bill, President George W. Bush lauded the Congress "for demonstrating its bipartisan commitment to confronting the Iranian regime's repressive and destabilizing activities." [ [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/09/20060930-4.html President Applauds Congress for Passage of Iran Freedom Support Act] . The White House. September 30, 2006.]
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* [http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s108-2681 Full text of earlier failed S. 2681]
* [http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav020607.shtml US aid to Central Asia: "The rhetoric and the numbers are at odds with one another"]
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