On the execution spree in Iran and confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani
B-10-2025-0224
on behalf of the Renew Group · Rapporteur: Helmut Brandstätter, Oihane Agirregoitia Martínez, Abir Al-Sahlani, Petras Auštrevičius, Malik Azmani, Dan Barna, Olivier Chastel, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Engin Eroglu, Bart Groothuis, Svenja Hahn, Karin Karlsbro, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Nathalie Loiseau, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Urmas Paet, Hilde Vautmans, Sophie Wilmès, Lucia Yar
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This resolution condemns Iran's intensified use of the death penalty as political repression, citing over 950 executions in 2024 and specific cases like Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani.¶¶¶ It urges Iran to halt executions, release political prisoners and EU hostages, and calls for a moratorium on executions and penal code reforms.¶¶¶ It asks the Council and member states to condition relations with Iran on releasing prisoners and abolishing death sentences, and to designate the IRGC as terrorist and expand sanctions.¶
Key points
- Condemns the death penalty in Iran as a tool of political repression, including the imminent execution of Ehsani and Hassani and inhumane treatment of Sabet.¶
- Urges Iranian authorities to halt any plans to execute Ehsani and Hassani and to release them, citing due process violations and arbitrary detention.¶
- Calls for the immediate and unconditional release of Mahvash Sabet and all others imprisoned for exercising fundamental rights and freedoms.¶
- Calls for the immediate release of all EU hostages, including Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris.¶
- Demands that all political prisoners of conscience be granted access to legal counsel, family contact, and medical care, and that torture allegations be independently investigated.¶
- Reiterates the call for a moratorium on all executions in Iran and urges reforms to bring Iran's penal code in line with international human rights standards.¶
- Calls on the Council and member states to make releasing political prisoners and EU nationals and abolishing death sentences a condition for improving relations with Iran.¶
- Urges the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organisation and expansion of targeted sanctions against Iranian officials, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian.
- Urges the UN Human Rights Council to monitor Iran's use of the death penalty and investigate these cases as part of broader accountability efforts.¶
Who is affected
- Iranian authorities and judiciary: must halt executions, release prisoners, and reform penal code.¶¶
- EU Council and member states: must condition relations with Iran and impose sanctions.¶
- EU hostages and political prisoners in Iran: would be released.¶¶
- UN Human Rights Council: urged to monitor and investigate.¶
Figures and deadlines
- over 950 executions in 2024, twice as many as in the previous year¶