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B100284/2025

B100299/2025

Motion for a European Parliament resolution on The case of Ahmadreza JalaliDjalali in Iran

(2025/2753(RSP))

having regard to Rules 144 of its Rulesprevious ofresolutions Procedure,on Iran,

A. whereas Ahmadreza Djalali, a Swedish national, is at medical doctor and academic, is at immediate risk of execution;

having regard to Rules 150(5) and and 136(4) of its Rules of Procedure,

B. whereas Mr Djalali was arrested in April 2016, sentenced to death for “corruption on earth,” in a sham trial relying on “confessions” obtained through torture and other ill-treatment and remains arbitrarily detained in Evin prison in inhumane conditions;

whereas Swedish-Iranian national Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who specialises in emergency medicine and is a scholar at Belgium’s Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Italy’s Università del Piemonte Orientale, was arrested on 24 April 2016 by the Iranian security forces;

C. whereas Mr Djalali´s health situation is gravely deteriorating. Whereas due to a heart attack in prison, severe physical and psychological ill-treatment and high stress, he is at risk of sudden cardiac death;

whereas he was sentenced to death on spurious espionage charges in October 2017 following a grossly unfair trial based on a confession extracted under torture; whereas the sentence was upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court on 17 June 2018;

D. whereas there is an alarming surge in executions in Iran, with at least 972 persons killed in 2024 which according to Amnesty International is the highest figure since 2015. Whereas particularly following the 'Woman, Life, Freedom' uprising, authorities have used the death penalty to spread fear and strengthen control;

whereas Dr Ahmadreza Djalali’s medical condition is steadily deteriorating, having suffered a severe heart attack in May 2025 and being denied medical care from outside the prison since 2016;

1. Firmly denounces the Iranian regime’s unrestrained repression of human rights, including the excessive use of the death penalty;

whereas this case is part of a systematic pattern of unlawful detentions and hostage diplomacy by the Iranian regime;

2. Demands the immediate unconditional release of Ahmadreza Djalali and all other arbitrarily detained foreign and dual nationals, including Olivier Grondeau, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris; strongly denounces the Iranian government´s hostage diplomacy;

Calls on Iran to immediately release Dr Ahmadreza Djalali along with all political prisoners currently on death row and to halt all executions; deplores the inhumane circumstances of his detention and unfair trial;

3. Urges the Iranian government to halt any plans to execute Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali and put a moratorium on all executions and release and retrial persons threatened with execution in a due process, particularly for charges that under international law never result in capital punishment; calls on Iranian authorities to respect their international obligations under the ICCPR;

Condemns the outrageous allegations and charges pressed against Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who was in Iran for legitimate professional purposes at the time of his unlawful arrest; urges the Iranian authorities to immediately drop all charges against Dr Ahmadreza Djalali;

4. Expresses its solidarity with Mr. Djalali´s family and friends who have not seen him in 9 years, and to others arbitrarily detained in Iran and their loved ones;

Deplores the Iranian regime’s refusal to provide Dr Ahmadreza Djalali with the specialized care he needs in light of his worryingly precarious medical condition;

5. Reiterates its condemnation of the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd. Urges the Iranian government to provide details on the circumstances of his death and return his remains to his family;

Urges the international community to exert additional pressure on the Iranian regime through bilateral channels;

6. Urges Iranian authorities to provide the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran and the UN Fact-Finding Mission with full, unimpeded access to enact their mandates; calls on the EU and Member States to fully support the mission and the renewal of its mandate;

Strongly denounces the Iranian regime for instrumentalizing Dr Ahmadreza Djalali`s unlawful arrest within a broader pattern of intimidation and repression against academic freedom;

7. Calls on the HR/VP to denounce the Iranian authorities’ use of the death penalty and raise the case of Mr Djalali, and other detained EU citizens, publicly and bilaterally in all interactions with their Iranian interlocutors;

Condemns the arbitrary detention of EU nationals in Iran and calls for their immediate release and repatriation;

8. Calls on the Council to continue identifying and sanctioning perpetrators responsible for serious human rights violations and hostage diplomacy. Reiterates its call to add the IRGC to the EU list of terrorist organisations;

Reiterates its strong opposition to the death penalty and urges the Iranian Government to take all necessary steps towards its abolition;

9. Calls on EU member states to initiate criminal investigations against Iranian officials accountable for serious human rights violations, notably under universal jurisdiction;

Condemns the Iranian regime’s use of politically motivated trials and the death sentence as a tool to suffocate any form of dissent; recalls that individual freedoms must be ensured unconditionally;

10. Calls on the European Commission to increase financial, technical and capacity support to Iranian civil society;

Denounces Iran`s destabilising influence across the region and its systematic attempts to severely undermine the regional order through proxy militias, political and military interference and transnational repression;

11. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to EU institutions, HRVP, the Member States, and Iran;

Stresses the importance of supporting the Iranian people’s democratic aspirations in the face of the regime’s brutal repression;

Reiterates its call on the Council to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation and continue identifying and sanctioning Iranian officials responsible for human rights violations;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, the Government and Parliament of Iran.