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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-10-2025-0085

on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Sebastião Bugalho, Tomáš Zdechovský, Loucas Fourlas, Isabel WiselerLima, David McAllister, Michael Gahler, Željana Zovko, Christophe Gomart, Luděk Niedermayer, Wouter Beke, Davor Ivo Stier, Michał Wawrykiewicz, Jessica Polfjärd, Danuše Nerudová, Andrey Kovatchev

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The resolution condemns Iran's systematic human rights repression, focusing on the death sentences of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the detention of EU citizens as hostages. It calls for their release, an end to hostage diplomacy, repeal of discriminatory laws, and designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

Key points

  1. Strongly condemns the death sentences against Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi on fabricated charges and calls for their immediate and unconditional release.
  2. Demands that Iran allow family visits and legal representation for the two activists and provide health care to Wrisha Moradi, who is on hunger strike.
  3. Reiterates opposition to the death penalty and calls for an immediate moratorium and commutation of all death sentences.
  4. Condemns wrongful arrests, lengthy sentences, and torture of religious and ethnic minorities, including Kurds, Baha'is, and Christians.
  5. Calls for the immediate release of all EU citizens held hostage and condemns Iran's hostage diplomacy, urging a strategy under the Declaration Against Arbitrary Detention.
  6. Urges Iran to repeal legislation discriminating against human rights defenders, women, and minority activists.
  7. Calls on the Council to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation and to expand EU sanctions against Iranian officials.

Who is affected

  • Iranian authorities and government, which are urged to release detainees, repeal laws, and end repression.
  • EU citizens detained in Iran, who are to be released.
  • Religious and ethnic minorities in Iran, including Kurds, Baha'is, and Christians, who face repression.

Figures and deadlines

  • At least a dozen European citizens are illegally detained in Iran.
  • At least 139 Christians were arrested in 2024 on account of their religious beliefs.