{"id":334373,"date":"2025-07-18T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=334373"},"modified":"2025-07-18T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T14:01:21","slug":"iran-news-belgian-parliament-demands-irgc-terror-designation-and-condemns-regimes-wave-of-executions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/iran-news-belgian-parliament-demands-irgc-terror-designation-and-condemns-regimes-wave-of-executions\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Belgian Parliament Demands IRGC Terror Designation and Condemns Regime\u2019s Wave of Executions"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_334374\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-334374\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-334374 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament.jpg\" alt=\"The Palais de la Nation in Brussels, seat of the Federal Parliament of BelgiumPhoto by Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament-768x436.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament-739x420.jpg 739w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Palais_de_la_Nation_Belgian-Parliament-696x395.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-334374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Palais de la Nation in Brussels, seat of the Federal Parliament of Belgium | Photo by Trougnouf (Benoit Brummer), via <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/a\/a2\/Palais_de_la_Nation_%28DSC01812%29.jpg\/1017px-Palais_de_la_Nation_%28DSC01812%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikimedia Commons<\/a>, licensed under CC BY 4.0.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"132\" data-end=\"478\">In a unanimous vote early Friday, July 18, the Belgian Parliament passed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dekamer.be\/FLWB\/PDF\/56\/0206\/56K0206004.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a landmark resolution<\/a> calling for the European Union to designate Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, while expressing grave concern over the clerical dictatorship\u2019s ongoing wave of executions and systematic human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"480\" data-end=\"835\">The resolution, introduced by the New Flemish Alliance and the Liberal Party, also demands the immediate and unconditional release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vrt.be\/vrtnws\/en\/2025\/04\/24\/cry-for-help-from-vub-professor-djalali-from-iranian-prison-eur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professor Ahmadreza Djalali<\/a>, a dual national held hostage in Iran since 2016. Djalali, sentenced to death after a grossly unfair trial, recently suffered a heart attack in prison and remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"837\" data-end=\"1386\">The motion marks one of the strongest parliamentary condemnations of the Iranian regime in Europe to date. Drawing on recent reports\u2014including Amnesty International\u2019s April 2025 documentation of at least 972 executions in Iran in 2024\u2014the Belgian legislature denounced the use of the death penalty as a tool of political repression. \u201cThe Iranian regime uses executions to sow terror and suppress dissent,\u201d the resolution states, pointing to recent death sentences handed down to political prisoners like Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING: Belgium&#39;s Parliament adopts Resolution calling for:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; EU to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlacklistIRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlacklistIRGC<\/a><br \/>&#8211; Impose stronger sanctions<br \/>&#8211; Support political prisoners <br \/>&#8211; Condemn Iran&#39;s hostage diplomacy <br \/>&#8211; Extend UN fact-finding mission<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc4f\ud83d\udc4f<br \/>Belga Report + Resolution text\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AhmadrezaDjalali?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AhmadrezaDjalali<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Belga\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1VB9gcqtr5\">https:\/\/t.co\/1VB9gcqtr5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kf2qY4BPNQ\">pic.twitter.com\/kf2qY4BPNQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hanif \ud835\udd4f FreeIran (@HanifFreeIran) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HanifFreeIran\/status\/1946159988214284424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1388\" data-end=\"1687\">In the plenary session, MPs also voiced alarm over reports of imminent executions of multiple political prisoners. The resolution urges the Belgian government to publicly condemn these acts and to pressure the EU for harsher sanctions against the regime. Among the measures endorsed are:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"2049\">\n<li data-start=\"1688\" data-end=\"1796\">\n<p data-start=\"1690\" data-end=\"1796\">Expanding sanctions to include judges, prosecutors, prison directors, and others complicit in sham trials;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1797\" data-end=\"1860\">\n<p data-start=\"1799\" data-end=\"1860\">Coordinating with EU partners to formally blacklist the IRGC;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1861\" data-end=\"1964\">\n<p data-start=\"1863\" data-end=\"1964\">Supporting civil society efforts to document and prosecute human rights abuses by the Iranian regime;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"2049\">\n<p data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"2049\">Increasing diplomatic and legal support for the UN\u2019s fact-finding mission on Iran.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: In the early hours of July 18, the Belgian Federal Parliament adopted a resolution:<br \/>\u2013 Urging the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization<br \/>\u2013 Calling for the immediate release of Prof. Ahmadreza Djalali<br \/>\u2013 Expressing grave concern over imminent executions of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5LwoSYxc6d\">pic.twitter.com\/5LwoSYxc6d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/1946079068752879871?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2422\">The resolution emphasizes that the Belgian government must oppose what it calls \u201chostage diplomacy\u201d by the Iranian regime\u2014a practice of detaining dual nationals or foreigners to extract political or economic concessions. Lawmakers stressed that condemning such behavior, alongside concrete legal and diplomatic actions, is essential to undermining impunity in Tehran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2424\" data-end=\"2814\">Importantly, the resolution reflects growing recognition in Europe that the regime\u2019s campaign of executions is not just a domestic issue but a systematic tool of state control. It notes the disproportionate targeting of ethnic minorities, including Baluch and Afghan communities, and calls for action to end executions of individuals arrested as minors\u2014a violation of international law.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> News: Belgium\u2019s Coalition Agreement Calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IRGC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IRGC<\/a> Terror Designation<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/01thsMhhj2\">https:\/\/t.co\/01thsMhhj2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1893246069154193676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"3259\">Belgium\u2019s parliament made clear that this is not merely symbolic. It calls for concrete action across 21 points, including international cooperation to pursue legal accountability for crimes under international law, and funding for investigative bodies like the UN\u2019s human rights mechanism on Iran. The document also insists on maintaining diplomatic leverage to support structural reforms, without legitimizing the regime\u2019s brutality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2816\" data-end=\"3259\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/iran-news-belgiums-coalition-agreement-calls-for-irgc-terror-designation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Belgium\u2019s coalition government<\/a> had already made its position clear earlier this year. In its official 2025\u20132029 Federal Coalition Agreement, released in February, the newly formed government explicitly called for the European Union to designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization. The document condemned the Iranian regime\u2019s systematic human rights violations, the repression of women, and its support for terrorism and regional destabilization. It also reaffirmed Belgium\u2019s commitment to preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons through coordinated action with EU partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a unanimous vote early Friday, July 18, the Belgian Parliament passed a landmark resolution calling for the European Union to designate Iran&rsquo;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":334374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[276],"class_list":{"0":"post-334373","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-human-rights","8":"tag-iran-human-rights"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Iran News: Belgian Parliament Demands IRGC Terror Designation and Condemns Regime\u2019s Wave of Executions - 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