On the systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages
B-10-2025-0067
on behalf of the PfE Group · Rapporteur: Jordan Bardella, Sebastiaan Stöteler, António Tânger Corrêa, Gerolf Annemans, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová, Harald Vilimsky, Roberto Vannacci, Silvia Sardone, Nikola Bartůšek, Susanna Ceccardi, Matthieu Valet, Hermann Tertsch, Jorge Martín Frías
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This resolution condemns the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, including repression of women and minorities, and calls for the release of detained individuals and abolition of the death penalty.¶ It urges Iran to end discriminatory laws and veiling requirements, and calls on the EU to stop financing campaigns that promote the hijab and to expand sanctions against human rights violators.¶¶¶
Key points
- Strongly condemns the ongoing deterioration of human rights in Iran, including systematic repression of women.¶
- Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Pakshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi.
- Calls for the abolition of the death penalty in Iran.
- Calls on Iranian authorities to eliminate discrimination against religious and ethnic minorities and respect their freedoms.¶
- Calls for unconditional release of EU nationals and all unlawfully detained human rights activists and prisoners of conscience in Iran.¶
- Calls on Iran to end discriminatory laws and veiling requirements for women.¶
- Urges EU institutions and member states not to finance campaigns that promote the hijab.¶
- Reiterates call on the Council to expand EU sanctions list to all responsible for human rights violations in Iran.¶
Who is affected
- Iranian authorities and government, which are urged to change laws and practices.¶¶
- EU institutions and member states, which are urged to stop financing hijab-promoting campaigns and expand sanctions.¶¶
- Pakshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, whose release is demanded.¶
- EU nationals and human rights activists detained in Iran, whose release is demanded.¶