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Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
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Amendment 6
Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith, Rima Hassan, Emma Fourreau, Damien Carême, Arash Saeidi, Marina Mesure
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
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| 11a. Considers that broad-based economic and financial sanctions against Iran are counterproductive, as they disproportionately harm the civilian population, worsen access to essential goods and medicines, and can be instrumentalised by the authorities to entrench repression and silence dissent; calls instead for the reinforcement of EU targeted restrictive measures under the EU’s human rights sanctions framework – notably asset freezes and travel bans – against security force officials involved in the use of lethal force and the repression of demonstrations, judicial officials associated with arbitrary arrests and summary trials, decision-makers and executors of internet shutdowns and surveillance as well as all officials from public media and structures involved in broadcasting forced ‘confessions’; |
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Amendment 7
Manon Aubry, Anthony Smith, Marina Mesure, Damien Carême, Younous Omarjee, Emma Fourreau, Rima Hassan, Leila Chaibi, Arash Saeidi
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 30 a (new)
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| 30a. Calls on the Iranian authorities to immediately allow Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris to leave Iranian territory and to ensure their safe return to France; |
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Amendment 8
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)
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| 1a. Strongly condemns the repression by the Iranian authorities of the street protests of January 2026, which has resulted in numerous casualties and widespread arbitrary detentions; urges the Iranian Government to immediately cease all violence and engage in genuine dialogue to address the legitimate grievances of its people; calls for all the EU institutions to fully respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in accordance with the UN Charter and international law; strongly condemns any threat or use of military force against Iran, as well as any external attempt at destabilisation or interference in Iran’s internal affairs; |
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Amendment 9
Danilo Della Valle
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28 a (new)
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| 28a. Calls for the EU institutions to exert diplomatic pressure on the United States and Israel to refrain from issuing or supporting military threats against Iran, and to give a commitment to de-escalation, dialogue and full respect for international law; |
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Amendment 10
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
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Recital B a (new)
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| Ba. whereas the Israeli authorities, including government officials and the Israeli national intelligence agency Mossad, have claimed to be on the streets of Iran with the protestors; whereas the Israeli television channel, Channel 14, reported that foreign actors were arming the protestors in Iran with live firearms, claiming that this was why ‘hundreds of regime personnel’ were being killed; whereas the Financial Times similarly reported testimonies of demonstrators and witnesses speaking of groups of men in black clothes ‘looking like commandos’; whereas any such foreign interference is at odds with the UN Charter, which prohibits the interference in the domestic affairs of sovereign nations, and is an unacceptable attempt to hijack legitimate popular protests and undermine their peaceful character; |
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Amendment 11
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
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| 1b. Defends the Iranian people’s right to decide their political future free from coercion and foreign interference, and reaffirms its support for the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Iran as a UN member state; |
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Amendment 12
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
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Paragraph 1 c (new)
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| 1c. Opposes attempts, notably by US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to instrumentalise or hijack the legitimate demands and anger of the Iranian people; |
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Amendment 13
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 d (new)
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| 1d. Reiterates the principle of non-intervention and the prohibition of the threat or use of force under international law; calls on all external actors, in particular the United States and Israel, to refrain from actions or statements that constitute interference and to instead support accountability for human rights violations through multilateral UN-based mechanisms; |
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Amendment 14
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
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Paragraph 1 e (new)
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| 1e. Firmly condemns any threat or use of force that is in violation of the basic principles of international law, and in particular the UN Charter; stresses that recent experiences prove that Western military interventions bring neither democracy nor human rights but chaos and mass casualties; |
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Amendment 15
Marc Botenga
on behalf of The Left Group
Joint motion for a resolution
PPE, S&D, ECR, Renew, Verts/ALE
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran
Joint motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 f (new)
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| 1f. Recalls that, in 1953, Iran’s democratically elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh was overthrown in a CIA-backed coup after having nationalised Iran’s oil industry and that the intervention dismantled Iran’s democratic institutions and restored authoritarian rule; |
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