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

On #the increasing and systematic repression against women in Iran TXTTITLE@TITLE@#

B-10-2024-0197

on behalf of the PfE Group · Rapporteur: Jordan Bardella, Sebastiaan Stöteler, Marieke Ehlers, PierreRomain Thionnet, Matthieu Valet, Nikola Bartůšek, Silvia Sardone, Jorge Martín Frías, Hermann Tertsch

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The resolution strongly condemns the systematic repression of women's rights in Iran and calls for an end to discriminatory laws and veiling requirements. It calls for eliminating discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities, releasing unlawfully detained EU nationals and activists, and expanding EU sanctions against human rights violators. It also urges EU institutions and member states not to finance campaigns that promote the hijab.

Key points

  1. Strongly condemns the ongoing deterioration of human rights in Iran, including systematic repression of women's rights.
  2. Calls on Iran to end discriminatory laws and veiling requirements for women.
  3. Calls on Iranian authorities to eliminate all forms of discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities and respect their fundamental rights.
  4. Calls for unconditional release of EU nationals and all unlawfully detained human rights activists and prisoners of conscience in Iran.
  5. Notes that oppression of Iranian women is inherent to Islamic fundamentalism and a direct result of Sharia law.
  6. Expresses dismay that the Commission financed campaigns displaying the hijab as a symbol of oppression; urges EU institutions and member states not to finance any such campaigns.
  7. Reiterates call on the Council to expand EU sanctions list to all responsible for human rights violations in Iran.

Who is affected

  • Women and girls in Iran facing repression and compulsory veiling.
  • Religious and ethnic minorities in Iran, especially women and girls.
  • EU nationals and human rights activists detained in Iran.
  • EU institutions and member states, regarding financing of hijab-promoting campaigns.

Figures and deadlines

  • 2 November 2024: Ahoo Daryaei's defiance and arrest went viral.
  • 19 November 2024: judiciary spokesperson stated she was treated and returned to family.
  • September 2023: Iranian parliament approved hijab law; September 2024: Guardian Council approved it.
  • Three years: trial period for implementation of hijab law.
  • 1983: compulsory veiling imposed in Iran.