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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (2026/2912(RSP))

On human Rights situation in Iran, notably the cases of Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani

B-10-2026-0464

on behalf of the ECR Group · Rapporteur: Nicola Procaccini, Adam Bielan, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Małgorzata Gosiewska, Michał Dworczyk, Geadis Geadi, Tobiasz Bocheński, Aurelijus Veryga, Mariusz Kamiński, Bogdan Rzońca, Marlena Maląg, Ondřej Krutílek, Veronika Vrecionová, Nikola Bartůšek, Charlie Weimers, Beatrice Timgren, Dick Erixon, Waldemar Buda, Alexandr Vondra, Ivaylo Valchev, Jacek Ozdoba, Waldemar Tomaszewski, Assita Kanko, Alberico Gambino, Marion Maréchal, Guillaume Peltier

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Parliament's resolution condemns death sentences against Taraneh Rahimi and Leila Abolhasani and calls for their reversal, a halt to executions and the release of imprisoned demonstrators and political prisoners. It demands that Iran end repression and bar confessions obtained through torture or coercion from judicial proceedings. It deplores targeting of protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, foreign and dual nationals, women and minorities, and calls for the release of those detained for ethnicity or religion. It asks the Council to keep listing Iranian judiciary officials under the EU human rights sanctions regime and encourages the EU and member states to dismantle online propaganda networks linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Key points

  1. Strongly condemns the verdicts against Taraneh Rahimi, Leila Abolhasani and all others, and calls for the immediate reversal of the sentences and the halt of all executions.
  2. Calls for the unconditional release of all imprisoned demonstrators and political prisoners held on false charges or for exercising their rights.
  3. Calls on the Iranian authorities to give Taraneh Rahimi immediate access to appropriate medical care.
  4. Expresses full solidarity with the people of Iran and supports those who seek freedom and the right to live without Islamist coercion.
  5. Reiterates outrage at the repression against protesters and the systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial killings and the death penalty as instruments of repression.
  6. Demands that the Iranian authorities immediately end the repression and ensure no statement or confession obtained through torture, ill-treatment, coercion or other unlawful means is admitted or relied upon in judicial proceedings.
  7. Deplores the targeting of protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, foreign and dual nationals, women and minorities, including Kurds, Baluchis, Ahwazi Arabs, Baha'is and Christians.
  8. Calls for the release of those detained solely for their ethnicity or religious beliefs.
  9. Calls on the Council to continue listing, under the EU human rights sanctions regime, all Iranian judiciary officials responsible for ordering politically motivated executions.
  10. Encourages the EU and the member states, in cooperation with Europol, to continue to dismantle all online propaganda networks linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.

Who is affected

  • Taraneh Rahimi, sentenced to death on 30 August 2026, and Leila Abolhasani, sentenced to death in May 2026; the resolution calls for reversal of their sentences.
  • Iranian authorities, asked to end repression, halt executions, release prisoners and provide medical care.
  • Iranian judiciary officials responsible for politically motivated executions, whom the Council is asked to keep listing under EU human rights sanctions.
  • Protesters, journalists, human rights defenders, foreign and dual nationals, women and minorities in Iran, including Kurds, Baluchis, Ahwazi Arabs, Baha'is and Christians.

Figures and deadlines

  • Taraneh Rahimi is 20 years old and was sentenced to death on 30 August 2026.
  • Leila Abolhasani is 43 years old and was sentenced to death in May 2026.
  • On the same day as Taraneh Rahimi's sentencing, nine others were sentenced to death and six people, including her twin sister Romina, received prison sentences up to 25 years.
  • Taraneh Rahimi was arrested in January 2026 during nationwide protests; Leila Abolhasani was arrested in January 2026 during protests in Shahin Shahr.
  • In March 2026, authorities began executing the January protesters.
  • At least 12 women are facing the death penalty for broadly applied national security offences.