i-Newswire, 2005-02-06 – Movements are afoot in both the House and Senate to pass legislation that would enable the U.S. government to support foreign and domestic pro-democracy groups opposed to the current Islamic republic of Iran.

Aides for Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., said the senator is drafting legislation that would resemble a bill he introduced in the last congressional session, the “Iran Freedom and Support Act.” Though the language in the new bill is being worked out, it is expected to echo the prior bill in that it would include financial assistance for opposition groups. The original bill did not make it to the Senate floor.

Sounds good to me. I bet we’ll be seeing other legislation similar to this for other countries. Note that it wasn’t passed in the last congressional session, so you will want to write your senators to support this one (if you agree with it).

Click here to see the act as presented to the Senate. And here it is as presented to the House.