By Hillary May

http://townhall.com/news/religion/2010/03/17/uscirf_increase_focus_on_iran

Leonard Leo, chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, said USCIRF, since its creation by Congress in 1998, "has recommended that Iran be named a 'country of particular concern,' or CPC, for engaging in systematic, ongoing and egregious violations of religious freedom."

The panel of witnesses included Leo, as well as Ali Afshari, a political activist, and Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council.