MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2025/2753(RSP))
On The case of Ahmadreza Jalali
B-10-2025-0284
on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group · Rapporteur: Alice Kuhnke, Maria Ohisalo, Mounir Satouri, Nicolae Ștefănuță, Mélissa Camara, Ville Niinistö, Hannah Neumann
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This resolution denounces Iran's repression and demands the release of Ahmadreza Djalali and other arbitrarily detained foreign nationals, urging a halt to executions and a moratorium on the death penalty.¶¶¶ It calls on the EU and member states to support UN mechanisms, sanction perpetrators, investigate Iranian officials, and support civil society.¶¶¶
Key points
- Denounces the Iranian regime's repression of human rights, including excessive use of the death penalty.¶
- Demands immediate unconditional release of Ahmadreza Djalali and all other arbitrarily detained foreign and dual nationals, including Olivier Grondeau, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris.¶
- Urges Iran to halt plans to execute Djalali, put a moratorium on all executions, and retry those threatened with execution in due process.¶
- Expresses solidarity with Djalali's family and friends and other arbitrarily detained persons and their loved ones.¶
- Reiterates condemnation of Jamshid Sharmahd's execution and urges Iran to provide details and return his remains.¶
- Urges Iranian authorities to grant UN Special Rapporteur and Fact-Finding Mission full access; calls on EU and member states to support the mission and its mandate renewal.¶
- Calls on the High Representative to denounce Iran's use of the death penalty and raise cases of detained EU citizens in all interactions.¶
- Calls on the Council to sanction perpetrators of human rights violations and hostage diplomacy, and to add the IRGC to the EU terrorist list.¶
- Calls on EU member states to initiate criminal investigations against Iranian officials under universal jurisdiction.¶
- Calls on the Commission to increase financial, technical and capacity support to Iranian civil society.¶
Who is affected
- Iranian authorities and government: face demands to release detainees, halt executions, and allow UN access.¶¶¶
- EU institutions and member states: called to support UN missions, sanction perpetrators, investigate officials, and support civil society.¶¶
- Ahmadreza Djalali and other arbitrarily detained foreign nationals: their release is demanded.¶