On Human Rights situation in Iran, notably the cases of Ms. Taraneh Rahimi and Ms. Leila Abolhasani
B-10-2026-0455
on behalf of the Renew Group · Rapporteur: Raquel García HermidaVan Der Walle, Svenja Hahn, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, JanChristoph Oetjen, MarieAgnes StrackZimmermann, Pina Picierno, Karin Karlsbro, Urmas Paet, Lucia Yar, Ľubica Karvašová, Ilhan Kyuchyuk, Dan Barna, Engin Eroglu, Anna Stürgkh, Helmut Brandstätter, Hilde Vautmans, Petras Auštrevičius
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Parliament's resolution condemns systemic human rights violations in Iran and calls for an immediate halt to all executions and abolition of the death penalty.¶ It demands annulment of death sentences on Taraneh Rahimi, Leila Abolhasan and Mojdeh Hashemi Bazargani, and of sentences on Yalda Moaiery and Romina Rahimi, with their immediate release.¶ It urges the EU and international community to protect journalists and women defending rights, and calls for independent investigations with UN access and evidence preservation.¶¶ It calls on the UN Security Council to refer Iran to the International Criminal Court and for gender apartheid to be codified as a crime against humanity.¶¶ It urges the Council and member states to expand targeted sanctions, coordinate against circumvention, and implement EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders in Tehran.¶¶¶
Key points
- Parliament reiterates solidarity with the Iranian people and states they are the sole legitimate source of sovereignty in Iran.¶
- It strongly condemns the Iranian regime's systemic human rights violations and calls for an immediate halt to all executions and immediate abolition of the death penalty.¶
- It calls for annulment of the death sentences on Rahimi, Abolhasan and Bazargani, and of Moaiery's and Romina Rahimi's sentences, and their immediate unconditional release.¶
- It urges the EU and international community to urgently step up protection of independent journalists and women defending fundamental rights in Iran.¶
- It calls for independent investigations into human rights violations in Iran, including full access to UN-mandated mechanisms and preservation of evidence for future prosecutions.¶
- It calls on the UN Security Council to refer Iran's regime to the International Criminal Court.¶
- It is appalled by Iran's codification of gender discrimination and calls for gender apartheid to be codified as a crime against humanity under international criminal law.¶
- It urges the Council and member states to expand targeted sanctions such as asset freezes and travel bans against those complicit, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, political leadership, judges, and prison and security officials, and to fully enforce all sanctions.¶
- It calls for coordination with allies to counter sanctions circumvention.¶
- It calls on member states with diplomatic representation in Tehran to implement the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders through trial observation, prison visits, support to individuals at risk, and emergency visas.¶
Who is affected
- Iran's regime, which is condemned for systemic human rights violations and called on to halt executions.¶
- Taraneh Rahimi, Leila Abolhasan, Mojdeh Hashemi Bazargani, Yalda Moaiery and Romina Rahimi, whose sentences Parliament wants annulled and who should be released.¶
- Independent journalists and women defending fundamental rights in Iran, whom the EU and international community should protect.¶
- The Council and member states, asked to expand targeted sanctions and implement EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders.¶¶
- The UN Security Council, asked to refer Iran's regime to the International Criminal Court.¶