What changed

B100260/2026

B100263/2026

European Parliament resolution on Repressionrepression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

(2026/2733(RSP))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Rules 150 of its Rulesprevious ofresolutions Procedure,on Iran,

Whereas since December 2025 Iranian authorities have significantly escalated repression against protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and minorities, expanding mass arrests and executions;

− having regard to Rule 150(5) of its Rules of Procedure

Whereas Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh was re-arrested and forcibly disappeared in April 2026 and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi re-arrested in December 2025 and is reported to be in critical health due to harsh detention conditions;

whereas Iran’s recent nationwide uprising was met with state violence of unprecedented scale; whereas HRANA press agency documented 7000 deaths including 236 minors; whereas health officials cited death tolls potentially reaching 30.000;

Whereas credible reports indicate that security forces have conducted extrajudicial secret executions, enforced disappearances, torture, and broadcast forced confessions to justify repression;

whereas in March 2026 authorities began carrying out executions of January 2026 protesters following grossly unfair trials; whereas since 19 March 2026, at least 26 political executions have been carried out, with hundreds of political prisoners facing imminent death sentences;

Whereas Iranian authorities impose nationwide internet and telecommunications blackouts, deliberately preventing independent reporting and communication with the outside world;

whereas at least 48 women were executed in Iran in 2025, the highest number in more than 20 years;

Whereas the UN Human Rights Council and Special Rapporteur have repeatedly called for investigations into human rights situation in Iran and urged accountability at international level;

whereas members of religious and ethnic communities, such as Bahá’ís, Kurds, Balouchis, Ahwazi Arabs, Afghan nationals, Christians, Sunni Muslims, Zoroastrians have faced arbitrary arrests, mistreatment, denial of fair legal procedures and imprisonment;

Condemns the Iranian regime´s relentless repression of its population, using systematic patterns of unlawful lethal force, executions, torture, mass arrest, forced disappearances and internet shutdowns;

Reiterates its strong and unequivocal condemnation of the mass killing of protesters in January 2026, the execution of political prisoners in its aftermath and the systematic use of capital punishment as an instrument of political terror by the regime;

Expresses its full solidarity with the people in Iran, who, in addition to all-out regime repression, face severe humanitarian consequences from the US-Israeli military escalation involving Iran, including civilian casualties, displacement of millions, and destruction of critical infrastructure; calls on all parties - the US, Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran - to fully comply with international humanitarian law;

Demands the immediate halt to all executions of protesters, dissidents and individuals convicted on politically motivated charges; calls on the Iranian authorities to establish a moratorium on all executions;

Urges Iranian authorities to immediately end the killing of civilians, release all those detained for exercising their fundamental freedoms and lift their charges, notably those against Nasrin Sotoudeh and Narges Mohammadi, and restore unhindered internet access;

Deplores the execution of minors, which constitutes an absolute violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child; calls on Iran to immediately release all minors detained for participating in or witnessing protests;

Condemns the ever-increasing rise in executions, particularly targeting minorities; urges Iranian authorities to halt executions, establish a moratorium on capital punishment and ensure due process and fair trials;

Demands accountability for sexual violence committed in detention during and after the January 2026 crackdown; calls for independent international investigations with unrestricted access to all detention sites and mortuaries;

Condemns the continuation of mass arrests and other sever violations of detainees rights, including forced confessions and televised mock executions;

Calls for targeted accountability for all judges, prosecutors and intelligence officials directly responsible for the sentencing and execution of protesters since March 2026;

Unequivocally denounces Iran’s detention conditions, including overcrowding, denial of food and medical care, torture and violence, bringing human rights defenders and political prisoners to the brink of death, including Narges Mohammadi; demands that Iran grant immediate international access to detention facilities and comply with international obligations;

Urges the Council and HRVP to expand the scope of EU sanctions by targeting all officials responsible for the January 2026 massacres and the subsequent execution wave;

Welcomes the listing of IRGC as a terrorist organization and calls on the Commission and Council to continue sanctioning individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights violations; calls on the EU and Member States to coherently counter-act sanction evasion, including through monitoring of third-country actors and financial intermediaries, and close legal loopholes;

Condemns the internet blackout imposed on the Iranian population since January 2026; calls on the Commission and Member States to develop and fund technical tools enabling Iranian citizens to access free internet;

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Encourages the Commission to provide targeted and effective support to protesters, activists and civil society in the country through material, humanitarian, legal, medical and financial means, including secure communication and anti-censorship technologies;

Reaffirms its in solidarity with the women, young people, workers, students, regional and religious communities, and all those across Iran who continue to resist repression at the cost of their lives and freedom; honours the memory of the thousands killed;

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

Strongly condemns the IRGC drone and missile attacks on the civilian camps of Iranian Kurdish political refugees in the Kurdistan region of Iraq;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the HRVP, the Member States, the UN and the Iranian authorities.