Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Contact: Mike Morey (Schumer)
202-380-5990
Angie Hu (Gillibrand)
212-688-9780
SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND
ANNOUNCE SENATE PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN IRAN SANCTIONS BILL WHICH TOUGHENS
PENALTIES AGAINST IRAN, ENFORCE SANCTIONS AGAINST SYRIA
Senators'
Proposals Included in Iran Bill Would Broaden Penalties Against Iran's Human
Rights Abusers, Require Companies to Disclose Iran-Related Business to SEC, and
Target Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps
Gillibrand-Schumer-Brown
Measure Imposes Sanctions in Effort to End Campaign of Killings, Torture, and
Other Human Rights Abuses by the Syrian Government of Bashar
al-Assad
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten
Gillibrand announced that the U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive bipartisan Iran
sanctions bill which includes measures authored by Senators Gillibrand and Mark
Kirk (R-IL) to strengthen economic sanctions against Iran, as well as a proposal
introduced by Senators Gillibrand, Schumer (D-NY), and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) that
would enforce sanctions against the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.
The Iran Sanctions,
Accountability, and Human Rights Act of 2012 will now be reconciled with the House version of the
bill.
"By imposing crippling sanctions on Iran, this bill is a tough and smart plan to address the real threat Iran poses to the U.S. and our allies, particularly Israel," said Senator Schumer. "This legislation also takes an important step toward imposing sanctions on the brutal Syrian regime. If the Syrian government will not stop their campaign of terror, then we will do everything we can to send the strongest message possible to that nation's leadership that this behavior is beyond the pale and not without consequence."
