In a crucial bipartisan briefing senior bi-partisan members of Congress and Iran experts and scholars called for freedom in Iran. Members of Congress and policy experts, called for carrying out a firm policy towards the ruling clerics of Iran.

In his remarks, Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) urged the US administration to concentrate on assisting the Iranian people and promoting their cause. He stated Let's work to see that Iran is free and that the situation changes internally.

Other bi-partisan Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, included Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Chair, House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee of the Middle East and North Africa; Judge Ted Poe (R-TX), Chair, House FAC Subcommittee on Terrorism, Non-proliferation and Trade; Rep. Steve Shabot (R-OH), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Brad Sherman (D-CA), senior member of the HFAC; Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), senior member of the Judiciary Committee, Tom Garrett (R-VA), House Foreign Affairs Committee; Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), Member of the Judiciary Committee, Co-Chair House Iran Human Rights and Democracy Caucus. The briefing, arranged by the Organization of Iranian American Communities, was entitled: Iran Regimes Threats & Rights Violations: Policy Options.

House Middle East Subcommittee Chair, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) pointed out, A democratic free Iran is the best interest of the US and the world.