we also have doctor bill ambassador brownback who we discussed earlier. and all three of them will be sharing some of their experiences working on this issue that relates to iranian human rights, what they learned this morning and now they're putting these lessons into practice. we will after the session in q&a will take questions on the audience as well. let's first begin with observations from the assistant secretary. >> thank thank you, morgan. we had a very interesting listening session this morning with representatives organized labor from around the world and from the iranian community. the rights of labor to organize are not often thought about usually as matters of international or even domestic human rights. and so i suggested to them that we have a series of working groups to plan on kinds of things we do to positively encourage the iranian government to engage effectively with its own labor people, , and to livep to its own promises. i'll just leave it there and i will turn it over to my colleague here. >> thank you, morgan. i'd like to say tha

pompeo followed by a session with three cohosts of today's event and international religious freedom sam brownback deputy director for the iran action group might spell and assistant secretary for democracy human rights and labor robert estero. during the listening session we have this morning we heard from members of the iranian diaspora but how we can continue to stand with the iranian people by sharing stories, supporting their voices in championing their rights. today we will share what we heard from them and we will dig deeper into the issue. we will also have an opportunity to hear from three survivors who have first-hand experience of the iranian regime oppression. i would like to introduce assistant secretary for democracy human rights and labor robert estero. as he previously served a six year term as commissioner of the u.s. commission on civil rights. he has worked on a 15 year interfaith dialogue in united states and in the middle east. he is a passion for the people of iran and defending their rights. my friend tom -- a row. [applause] >> good morning everybody and not the half of the