Institute for Voices of Liberty

Role
Organization issuing a public petition
Statement date

"Continue defending the Secretary of State’s determinations through every lawful stage."

Source and context

Original text

Institute for Voices of Liberty petition on the family’s removal proceedings (opens in a new tab)The Issue; numbered requests 1–6; petition creation date

About this source

The petition names Hashemi and Tahmasebi and supports continued defense of the government’s determinations. It also respects court authority and due process, requests individualized documented-evidence review, and seeks detention-cost disclosure. Not unconditional approval of prolonged detention. Distinct from Iranian Americans for Liberty.

Before the quotation

The petition explicitly names Hashemi and Tahmasebi and addresses the continuing removal proceedings.

After the quotation

Its numbered demands also call for each case to be reviewed individually on documented evidence and for detention costs to be disclosed. It does not unconditionally endorse prolonged detention. Date is petition creation day.

Mixed or conditional
How this statement is classified

The statement combines an explicit qualification with a competing concern; reducing it to unconditional support or opposition would misrepresent its context.

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People and groups discussed
Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi

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