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The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran

TA-10-2024-0052 · P10_TA(2024)0052 · PE766.502

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Parliament condemns Iran's systematic repression of women, including detention of Ahoo Daryaei, and calls for repealing discriminatory laws and abolishing the morality police. It demands release of women's rights defenders and Bahá'í prisoners, urges the Council to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist, and calls for UN access and support for the Women, Life, Freedom movement.

Key points

  1. Strongly condemns the increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran through laws and regulations that severely restrict their freedoms and rights.
  2. Deplores the detention of Ahoo Daryaei, labelling her 'mentally unfit', and committing her to a psychiatric facility; believes this is an act of torture.
  3. Calls on Iranian authorities to repeal all legislation discriminating against women and girls and to urgently abolish the 'morality' police and all other repressive agencies.
  4. Strongly condemns the persecution of ethnic and religious minorities; calls for immediate and unconditional release of all women's rights defenders and victims of arbitrary detention, including Bahá'í women Neda Emadi and Parastoo Hakim, as well as EU citizens.
  5. Reiterates its call on the Council to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, noting the Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court's ruling provides legal grounds.
  6. Urges the Iranian Government to grant unrestricted access to the UN Fact-Finding Mission and the Special Rapporteur on human rights in Iran; calls for renewal and expansion of the mandate to include an accountability mechanism.
  7. Calls on the EU and its Member States to support the Women, Life, Freedom movement.

Who is affected

  • Women in Iran, including women's rights defenders and Bahá'í women, face repression and detention.
  • The Iranian Government and its authorities are urged to repeal discriminatory laws and abolish the morality police.
  • The Council is called on to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.
  • The EU and its Member States are called on to support the Women, Life, Freedom movement.