On Iran, in particular the case of 2012 Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh
B-9-2020-0445
on behalf of the PPE Group · Rapporteur: Michael Gahler, David Lega, Željana Zovko, Isabel WiselerLima, Sandra Kalniete, David McAllister, Miriam Lexmann, Radosław Sikorski, Paulo Rangel, Andrzej Halicki, Tomáš Zdechovský, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Vladimír Bilčík, Inese Vaidere, Christian Sagartz, Tomas Tobé, Vangelis Meimarakis, Krzysztof Hetman, Romana Tomc, Magdalena Adamowicz, Ivan Štefanec, Loucas Fourlas, Benoît Lutgen, Janina Ochojska, Eva Maydell, Luděk Niedermayer, Jiří Pospíšil, Stanislav Polčák, Stelios Kympouropoulos, Michaela Šojdrová, IoanRareş Bogdan, Peter Pollák
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Parliament's resolution on Iran focuses on the case of 2012 Sakharov Prize laureate Nasrin Sotoudeh and other human rights concerns. It condemns her arbitrary detention and return to prison and calls for her immediate release and health care.¶¶¶ It condemns the execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam and the planned execution of Ahmadreza Djalali, urging Iran to uphold due process and reverse Djalali's sentence.¶¶¶ It calls on Iran to release all arbitrarily detained people, stop threats and arrests for peaceful expression, and end discrimination against women and minorities.¶¶¶ It condemns restrictions on civic space, the death penalty as political repression, cruel punishments, and torture, and calls for a UN-led inquiry into the November 2019 and January 2020 protest crackdowns.¶¶ It requests the EEAS to set up a StratCom Task Force to counter Iranian interference and disinformation, and expresses concern about Iran's new law on uranium enrichment.¶¶
Key points
- Strongly condemns the arbitrary detention, sentence and return to prison of Nasrin Sotoudeh, and calls on Iran to immediately and unconditionally release her and allow her health care.¶
- Strongly condemns the execution of journalist Ruhollah Zam on 12 December 2020 and calls on Iran to uphold due process and stop using televised confessions.¶
- Urges Iran to reverse the decision to execute Ahmadreza Djalali and condemns his torture, arbitrary detention and death sentence.¶
- Calls on the Government of Iran to immediately and unconditionally release hundreds of people arbitrarily detained for peacefully exercising their human rights.¶
- Strongly condemns threats, arrests and imprisonments of individuals for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of opinion and expression, including online.¶
- Condemns restrictions on civic space, the death penalty as a weapon of political repression, amputations, floggings, other cruel punishments, and confessions obtained through torture.¶
- Calls on Iran to address all forms of discrimination against women and ethnic and religious minorities, release those imprisoned for their religion or belief, and eliminate discrimination against women and girls.¶
- Calls for a UN-led inquiry into crimes under international law and serious human rights violations committed during the November 2019 and January 2020 protests.¶
- Requests the EEAS to strengthen its capabilities to counter Iranian interference, disinformation, hybrid warfare, propaganda and espionage through a StratCom Task Force.¶
- Expresses concern about Iran's new law requiring uranium enrichment to 20% if sanctions are not eased in two months.¶
Who is affected
- Nasrin Sotoudeh, Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, whose release and health care the resolution demands.¶¶¶
- Ruhollah Zam, journalist executed on 12 December 2020, whose execution the resolution condemns.¶¶
- Ahmadreza Djalali, Iranian-Swedish medical doctor sentenced to death, whose execution the resolution urges Iran to reverse.¶¶
- Iranian authorities, called on to release arbitrarily detained people, uphold due process, and end discrimination and torture.¶¶
- The EEAS, requested to establish a StratCom Task Force to counter Iranian interference and disinformation.¶
Figures and deadlines
- 38 years in prison and 148 lashes, the sentence given to Nasrin Sotoudeh in March 2019.¶
- 2 December, when the Prosecutor's Office ordered Nasrin Sotoudeh to return to Qarchak prison.¶
- 12 December 2020, the date Ruhollah Zam was executed.¶¶
- October 2017, when Ahmadreza Djalali was sentenced to death.¶
- over 300 people, including women and children, killed in November 2019 protests.¶
- 20%, the uranium enrichment level Iran's new law would require, above the 3.67% agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal.¶
- two months, the period within which sanctions must be eased under Iran's new law to avoid resuming 20% enrichment.