On Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

B100260/2026

European Parliament resolution on Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

(2026/2733(RSP))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Rules 150 of its Rules of Procedure,

Whereas since December 2025 Iranian authorities have significantly escalated repression against protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and minorities, expanding mass arrests and executions;

Whereas Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh was re-arrested and forcibly disappeared in April 2026 and Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi re-arrested in December 2025 and is reported to be in critical health due to harsh detention conditions;

Whereas credible reports indicate that security forces have conducted extrajudicial secret executions, enforced disappearances, torture, and broadcast forced confessions to justify repression;

Whereas Iranian authorities impose nationwide internet and telecommunications blackouts, deliberately preventing independent reporting and communication with the outside world;

Whereas the UN Human Rights Council and Special Rapporteur have repeatedly called for investigations into human rights situation in Iran and urged accountability at international level;

Condemns the Iranian regime´s relentless repression of its population, using systematic patterns of unlawful lethal force, executions, torture, mass arrest, forced disappearances and internet shutdowns;

Expresses its full solidarity with the people in Iran, who, in addition to all-out regime repression, face severe humanitarian consequences from the US-Israeli military escalation involving Iran, including civilian casualties, displacement of millions, and destruction of critical infrastructure; calls on all parties - the US, Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran - to fully comply with international humanitarian law;

Urges Iranian authorities to immediately end the killing of civilians, release all those detained for exercising their fundamental freedoms and lift their charges, notably those against Nasrin Sotoudeh and Narges Mohammadi, and restore unhindered internet access;

Condemns the ever-increasing rise in executions, particularly targeting minorities; urges Iranian authorities to halt executions, establish a moratorium on capital punishment and ensure due process and fair trials;

Condemns the continuation of mass arrests and other sever violations of detainees rights, including forced confessions and televised mock executions;

Unequivocally denounces Iran’s detention conditions, including overcrowding, denial of food and medical care, torture and violence, bringing human rights defenders and political prisoners to the brink of death, including Narges Mohammadi; demands that Iran grant immediate international access to detention facilities and comply with international obligations;

Welcomes the listing of IRGC as a terrorist organization and calls on the Commission and Council to continue sanctioning individuals and entities responsible for serious human rights violations; calls on the EU and Member States to coherently counter-act sanction evasion, including through monitoring of third-country actors and financial intermediaries, and close legal loopholes;

Urges Member States to extend and facilitate visas and residence permits for Iranian nationals at risk and suspend forced returns, in line with the principle of non-refoulement;

Encourages the Commission to provide targeted and effective support to protesters, activists and civil society in the country through material, humanitarian, legal, medical and financial means, including secure communication and anti-censorship technologies;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the EU institutions, the HRVP, the Member States, and Iran;