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B100263/2026

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

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

(2026/2733(RSP))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to its previous resolutions on the Islamic Republic of Iran,

−– having regard to RuleRules 150(5) and 136(4) of its Rules of ProcedureProcedure,

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;

A. whereas the Iranian people faced the largest mass murder of protesters in the country’s history following the 2025-2026 uprising, numbering in the tens of thousands, including at least 236 minors, as well as mass detentions, executions, torture and daily terror; whereas Iran has the world’s highest death sentence rate per capita; whereas the regime is using the ongoing war as a cover to accelerate executions even further;

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;

B. whereas the UN International Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Iran (FFM) warned that the repression may amount to crimes against humanity;

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

C. whereas in March 2026, authorities began executing the January protesters following sham prosecutions based on confessions obtained through torture, sexual violence, broadcasted forced confessions and mock executions;

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;

D. whereas the regime disproportionately targets religious and ethnic minorities, including Ahwazis, Afghans, Azeris, Baha’is, Baluchis, Christians, Jews, Kurds, Sunnis and Zoroastrians; whereas the regime has intensified its campaign against women’s rights activists, journalists and human rights defenders;

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;

1. Expresses its solidarity with the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom, democracy and human rights;

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;

2. Condemns the regime’s accelerating repression and use of the death penalty to deter political mobilisation; demands that executions be stopped immediately and the death penalty be fully abolished;

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;

3. Deplores the secret execution of dissidents in March and April 2026, particularly minors; pays tribute to the remarkable bravery of those executed;

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

5. Calls on the Council to expand sanctions against Iranian officials responsible for repression, including the judiciary, prison administration, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and entities associated with the Supreme Leader;

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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;

7. Urges Member States to close Iranian diplomatic missions associated with transnational repression;

Calls on Member States to immediately open asylum pathways for Iranians facing persecution, and to categorically refrain from any forced return of Iranian nationals where they face execution and torture;

8. Calls on the Commission and Member States to close gaps in sanctions enforcement;

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;

9. Calls on Member States to ensure the FFM receives adequate resources and to share information with it and establish a tribunal for Iran to pursue accountability and universal jurisdiction in European courts;

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

10. Condemns the internet blackout imposed in Iran and calls for the EU and like-minded partners to provide Iranians with tools for secure internet access;

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

11. Calls on Member States to duly consider the vulnerability of persecuted Iranians when processing cases under national legal frameworks;

12. Calls on the VP/HR, the Council and Member States to make human rights, the release of all political prisoners, an end to executions, and accountability for the victims core elements of any engagement to end the ongoing war;

13. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, governments and parliaments of the Member States, and the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Iran.