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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2511(RSP))

On the systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages

B-10-2025-0063

on behalf of The Left Group · Rapporteur: Isabel Serra Sánchez

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The resolution condemns systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the death sentences against Kurdish activists Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the detention of EU citizens as hostages. It calls on Iranian authorities to revoke the death sentences, investigate torture, ensure fair trials, end executions, and respect freedoms, and urges EU member states to reinforce humanitarian visa policies.

Key points

  1. Condemns continued discrimination and repression against minority women activists and ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities in Iran.
  2. Stands alongside women, civil society, trade unionists, and all citizens struggling for equal rights and the rights to peaceful protest and expression.
  3. Calls on Iranian authorities to revoke the death sentences against Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, review their cases and those of other death row inmates, and investigate allegations of torture and denial of fair trial rights.
  4. Condemns the Iranian practice of detaining and prosecuting dual nationals and using them as hostages for foreign affairs aims; calls for the release of all arbitrarily detained, such as Olivier Grondeau.
  5. Calls on Iranian authorities to respect defendants' rights to a lawyer of their choice, fair trial, due process, legal counsel, consular visits, and medical treatment per international obligations.
  6. Urges an end to torture in detention and stresses that information obtained through torture should never be admitted as evidence.
  7. Strongly condemns the increase in executions, reiterates opposition to the death penalty, and urges authorities to commute all death sentences and introduce a moratorium on executions.
  8. Calls on Iranian authorities to respect freedom of expression, opinion, association, and peaceful assembly, including the rights of women and girls to protest and choose not to wear veils.
  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 can have detrimental consequences, such as strengthening hardliners, degrading women's rights, and contributing to nuclear proliferation.

Who is affected

  • Iranian authorities: must revoke death sentences, ensure fair trials, end torture and executions, and respect freedoms.
  • EU member states: urged to reinforce humanitarian visa policies for persecuted Iranian women and human rights defenders.
  • Dual nationals and EU citizens detained in Iran, such as Olivier Grondeau: their release is demanded.
  • Minority women activists and ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities in Iran: face discrimination and repression.

Figures and deadlines

  • 901 persons executed in 2024 in Iran.