---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 8754"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "8754"
heading: "Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/8754"
units:
  - "Chapter 94 — Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights"
  - "Subchapter IV — Measures to Promote Human Rights"
---

# §8754. Comprehensive strategy to promote Internet freedom and access to information in Iran


Not later than 90 days after August 10, 2012, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of the Treasury and the heads of other Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall submit to the [appropriate congressional committees](/usc/22/8701.md?p=1) a comprehensive strategy to—

- (1) assist the people of Iran to produce, access, and share information freely and safely via the Internet, including in Farsi and regional languages;
- (2) [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) the development of counter-censorship technologies that enable the citizens of Iran to undertake Internet activities without interference from the Government of Iran;
- (3) increase the capabilities and availability of secure mobile and other communications through connective technology among human rights and democracy activists in Iran;
- (4) provide resources for digital safety training for media and academic and civil society organizations in Iran;
- (5) provide accurate and substantive Internet content in local languages in Iran;
- (6) increase emergency resources for the most vulnerable human rights advocates seeking to organize, share information, and [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) human rights in Iran;
- (7) expand surrogate radio, television, live stream, and social network communications inside Iran, including—
  - (A) by expanding Voice of America’s Persian News Network and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Radio Farda to provide hourly live news update programming and breaking news coverage capability 24 hours a day and 7 days a week; and
  - (B) by assisting telecommunications and software companies that are [United States persons](/usc/22/8701.md?p=4) to comply with the export licensing requirements of the United States for the purpose of expanding such communications inside Iran;
- (8) expand activities to safely assist and train human rights, civil society, and democracy activists in Iran to operate effectively and securely;
- (9) identify and utilize all available resources to overcome attempts by the Government of Iran to jam or otherwise deny international satellite broadcasting signals;
- (10) expand worldwide United States embassy and consulate programming for and outreach to Iranian dissident communities;
- (11) expand access to proxy servers for democracy activists in Iran; and
- (12) discourage telecommunications and software companies from facilitating Internet censorship by the Government of Iran.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 112–158, title IV, § 414, Aug. 10, 2012, 126 Stat. 1256.)