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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2024/2951(RSP))

On the increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran

B-10-2024-0186

on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Rima Hassan

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This resolution addresses the increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran, condemning human rights violations and calling for specific actions by Iranian authorities and EU member states.

Key points

  1. Expresses particular worry about the increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran and stands alongside women, civil society, and all citizens struggling for equal rights and peaceful protest.
  2. Condemns sentencing of human rights defenders like Zia Nabavi and Mohammad Habibi, and calls for immediate release of all human rights defenders.
  3. Calls on Iranian authorities to respect women's rights to protest and choose whether to wear religious veils, and to repeal discriminatory dress code laws.
  4. Notes with concern that critics like Ahoo Daryaei are sent to psychiatric internment to discredit dissent, a strategy targeting women under patriarchal notions of hysteria.
  5. Denounces systemic persecution of Bahá'ís and other minorities as a violation of international law and Iran's constitutional principles.
  6. Calls for release of unjustly detained Bahá'í women, including Neda Emadi and Parastoo Hakim.
  7. Calls on Iranian authorities to protect girls' right to education and workers' rights.
  8. Urges Iran to abolish the death penalty and strongly condemns executions.
  9. Urges EU member states to reinforce humanitarian visa policies for persecuted women and human rights defenders in Iran.
  10. Stresses that further isolating Iran globally can have detrimental consequences, such as strengthening hardliners, degrading women's rights, and contributing to nuclear proliferation.

Who is affected

  • Women in Iran, including activists and protesters, face repression and calls for their rights to be respected.
  • Human rights defenders in Iran, including Zia Nabavi and Mohammad Habibi, are sentenced; resolution calls for their release.
  • Bahá'í women and other minorities in Iran are persecuted; resolution calls for release of detained Bahá'í women.
  • EU member states are urged to reinforce humanitarian visa policies for persecuted Iranian women and human rights defenders.