{"id":340358,"date":"2025-12-10T19:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T18:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=340358"},"modified":"2025-12-11T09:02:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:02:29","slug":"eu-lawmakers-and-international-figures-call-for-accountability-in-iran-and-recognition-of-the-ncri-as-a-democratic-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/iran-resistance\/eu-lawmakers-and-international-figures-call-for-accountability-in-iran-and-recognition-of-the-ncri-as-a-democratic-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Lawmakers and International Figures Call for Accountability in Iran and Recognition of the NCRI as a Democratic Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_340363\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-340363\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-340363 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025.jpg\" alt=\"NCRI President-elect Mayram Rajavi addresses the EU Parliament on December 10, 2025\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025-746x420.jpg 746w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ncri-maryam-rajavi-eu-parliament-10122025-696x392.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-340363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">NCRI President-elect Mayram Rajavi addresses the EU Parliament on December 10, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"773\" data-end=\"1390\">At a major conference held on International Human Rights Day at the European Parliament, lawmakers, legal experts, former ministers, and human-rights leaders condemned Iran\u2019s escalating campaign of executions and transnational repression, repeatedly highlighting the growing international support of the NCRI, the expanding network of Resistance Units, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryam Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> for a democratic, secular republic. Speakers warned that Tehran\u2019s intensified violence\u2014now at historic levels\u2014reflects the regime\u2019s weakening position and the advance of an organized opposition capable of challenging its authority.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"1234\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/european-parliament-human-rights-day-mullahs-hang-human-rights-every-single-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In her address,<\/a> NCRI President-elect <strong data-start=\"701\" data-end=\"718\">Maryam Rajavi<\/strong> warned that Iran\u2019s human-rights crisis has reached an unprecedented level, noting that in November alone \u201c335 executions\u201d were carried out, and that the regime now \u201changs human rights every single day.\u201d She cited 18 political prisoners sentenced to death solely for supporting the PMOI and emphasized that the scale of repression reflects the regime\u2019s growing fear: \u201cNever before have the mullahs been so much in need of intensifying repression because never before have they felt so close to being overthrown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"1236\" data-end=\"1704\">Mrs. Rajavi stressed that <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Resistance Units<\/a> are expanding across Iran, demonstrating a nationwide will to end the religious dictatorship and replace it with a democratic republic that rejects both the Shah\u2019s and the mullahs\u2019 autocracies. She reiterated that the Iranian people seek a system based on free elections, separation of religion and state, gender equality, abolition of the death penalty, and adherence to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The second conference in the European Parliament on International <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRightsDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRightsDay<\/a><br \/>We have risen for human rights, for freedom, and for democracy. For the sovereignty of the people in a republic based on free and pluralistic elections. A republic with freedom of expression,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/luO6fOJpwh\">pic.twitter.com\/luO6fOJpwh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1998797723743478199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 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=\"1706\" data-end=\"2180\">She condemned the regime\u2019s transnational repression, pointing to the attempted assassination of former EP Vice-President Alejo Vidal-Quadras in Madrid, threats to Iranian dissidents across Europe, and Tehran\u2019s effort to use show trials to criminalize participation in NCRI\/PMOI events abroad. Mrs. Rajavi underscored that the destruction of mass-grave sites from the 1980s and the attempt to erase evidence of the 1988 massacre constitute violations of international law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2182\" data-end=\"2247\">Mrs. Rajavi outlined four urgent actions for the European Union:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2248\" data-end=\"2664\">\n<li data-start=\"2248\" data-end=\"2412\">\n<p data-start=\"2251\" data-end=\"2412\">End the silence of EU institutions regarding human-rights atrocities, particularly the cases of political prisoners sentenced to death for supporting the PMOI.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2413\" data-end=\"2489\">\n<p data-start=\"2416\" data-end=\"2489\">Condition all relations with Tehran on an immediate halt to executions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2490\" data-end=\"2582\">\n<p data-start=\"2493\" data-end=\"2582\">Close Iranian embassies and front organizations used for extraterritorial intimidation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2583\" data-end=\"2664\">\n<p data-start=\"2586\" data-end=\"2664\">Designate the IRGC and the Ministry of Intelligence as terrorist entities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2666\" data-end=\"2904\">She concluded that Iran faces \u201conly one path\u2014a democratic uprising leading to the overthrow of religious tyranny,\u201d and affirmed that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavis-ten-point-plan-for-future-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NCRI\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> remains the only viable framework for a free, secular, and democratic Iran.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Many members of the Iranian community are at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Europarl_EN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Europarl_EN<\/a> today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRightsDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRightsDay<\/a> raising their voices for human rights and democratic change in Iran.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandUp4HumanRights?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandUp4HumanRights<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eujournalists?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@eujournalists<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrusselsTimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BrusselsTimes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EuroParlPress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EuroParlPress<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d17t3MVMcY\">https:\/\/t.co\/d17t3MVMcY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JXvpXO5MrQ\">pic.twitter.com\/JXvpXO5MrQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; APA-ICE (@APA_ICE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APA_ICE\/status\/1998749169222025472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 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=\"1392\" data-end=\"2037\">Former MEP <strong data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1423\">Struan Stevenson<\/strong>, moderating the event, opened with a stark assessment: airstrikes against the regime\u2019s military and nuclear infrastructure \u201ccannot uproot the epicenter of instability\u2014the clerical dictatorship in Tehran.\u201d He underscored that <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> linked to the MEK are now the only organized force inside Iran capable of confronting state repression, and praised the NCRI as the most coherent political coalition offering a viable plan for transition. Stevenson urged the EU to \u201cend appeasement,\u201d shut down Iranian embassies, expel intelligence networks, and finally designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2039\" data-end=\"2709\">Former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice <strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2115\">Stephen Rapp<\/strong> stressed that Iran\u2019s execution surge\u2014nearly 2,000 so far this year\u2014constitutes crimes against humanity, echoing the pattern that culminated in the 1988 massacre of 30,000 political prisoners, most of them MEK members. Drawing parallels with accountability efforts in Syria, he argued that justice is possible even without an international tribunal, provided that Europe strengthens documentation and universal-jurisdiction prosecutions. Rapp warned that past Western policies\u2014particularly the mislabeling of the PMOI as terrorists\u2014should \u201cnever again\u201d undermine the Iranian opposition.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"2711\" data-end=\"3200\">Former MEP <strong data-start=\"2722\" data-end=\"2742\">Dorien Rookmaker<\/strong> declared the Iranian regime \u201c100 percent pure evil,\u201d urging EU citizens to amplify cases of political prisoners on death row\u2014including 17 supporters of the democratic opposition. She advocated a Ten-Point Plan for the EU, calling for universal-jurisdiction prosecutions, a UN-mandated tribunal for Iran, conditioning relations on halting executions, and formal endorsement of Mrs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> as the democratic roadmap for Iran\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Ellis. Executive Director of the International Bar Association speaking <br \/>European Parliament Conference Brussels with Maryam Rajavi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRightsDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRightsDay<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/frWDq2RXVZ\">pic.twitter.com\/frWDq2RXVZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Firouz Mahvi (@FirouzMahvi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirouzMahvi\/status\/1998794890252009943?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 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=\"3202\" data-end=\"3864\">Human-rights leader and former Secretary-General of Amnesty International <strong data-start=\"3276\" data-end=\"3291\">Kumi Naidoo<\/strong> urged the EU to adopt a six-point action plan, including an immediate moratorium on executions, creation of investigative mechanisms for the 1988 massacre, and explicit protection of Iranian dissidents in Europe. Naidoo condemned the regime\u2019s fear-driven repression\u2014highlighted by the death sentence against 67-year-old engineer Zahra Tabari for holding a banner reading \u201cWoman, Resistance, Freedom.\u201d He praised Iranian women and <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Resistance Units<\/a> as \u201cthe heartbeat of the nationwide struggle,\u201d insisting that fear and repression reveal the regime\u2019s political weakness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"3866\" data-end=\"4341\">Former Spanish Minister of Justice and leading MEP <strong data-start=\"3917\" data-end=\"3948\">Juan Fernando L\u00f3pez Aguilar<\/strong> stressed that Iran\u2019s mass executions and gender apartheid present a direct challenge to the EU\u2019s core legal and diplomatic commitments. While refraining from endorsing a specific political current, he reiterated that European diplomacy must prioritize ending the death penalty and systemic repression, noting that the sheer scale of executions is incompatible with any form of engagement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"4343\" data-end=\"4953\">MEP <strong data-start=\"4347\" data-end=\"4378\">Antonio L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz White<\/strong>, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with Mexico, emphasized that the Iranian regime\u2019s repression extends across Europe, referencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/en\/france\/article\/2024\/07\/14\/the-sunflowers-case-the-petty-criminal-the-attempted-assassination-and-the-shadow-cast-by-iran_6684192_7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assassination attempt against<\/a> former EP Vice-President Alejo Vidal-Quadras. L\u00f3pez-Ist\u00fariz insisted that no normalization of EU-Iran relations is acceptable without measurable improvements in human rights, and urged the Council and Commission to match Parliament\u2019s stronger stance. He warned that Tehran\u2019s proxy networks\u2014especially Hezbollah\u2014pose a growing security threat beyond the Middle East, ultimately targeting Europe itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Second Conference in the European Parliament on International <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HumanRightsDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HumanRightsDay<\/a><br \/>In Iran, the mullahs hang human rights every single day. Their record of horrific crimes does not need an annual review. This tragic dossier is open every day of the year, every hour of the day.<br \/>In\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ISXYNCsPpH\">pic.twitter.com\/ISXYNCsPpH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Maryam Rajavi (@Maryam_Rajavi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Maryam_Rajavi\/status\/1998787919784362258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 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=\"4955\" data-end=\"5508\"><strong data-start=\"4955\" data-end=\"4969\">Mark Ellis<\/strong>, Executive Director of the International Bar Association, presented findings from a new IBA report documenting the systematic dismantling of Iran\u2019s legal profession and the total collapse of judicial independence. He warned that the current execution wave replicates the logic of 1988, and that Iran\u2019s rulers are engaged in a campaign to \u201cbury evidence, silence victims, and entrench impunity.\u201d Ellis urged coordinated universal-jurisdiction cases across Europe and insisted that perpetrators must not believe \u201ctime is on their side.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"5510\" data-end=\"6098\"><strong data-start=\"5510\" data-end=\"5530\">Dominique Attias<\/strong>, Chair of the European Lawyers Foundation, described Iran\u2019s executions\u2014including 335 in November alone\u2014as a deliberate strategy of terror. She condemned Tehran\u2019s destruction of mass-grave sites, calling the desecration of 9,500 graves \u201can ultimate profanation\u201d requiring international prosecution. Attias warned that 18 political prisoners, including women, face imminent execution solely for alleged PMOI affiliation, and urged the EU to blacklist Khamenei and judicial officials such as Iman Afshari for crimes amounting to genocide and crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"6100\" data-end=\"6688\">Iranian-Swedish physician <strong data-start=\"6126\" data-end=\"6145\">Dr. Sina Dashti<\/strong> delivered personal testimony from the generation that resisted both the Shah\u2019s autocracy and the clerical dictatorship. He emphasized that Iranian society rejects both monarchy and theocracy, noting that the Shah\u2019s suppression of democratic forces\u2014including the MEK\u2019s founders\u2014paved the way for today\u2019s religious tyranny. Dashti highlighted the growing appeal of Maryam <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maryam-rajavi.com\/en\/viewpoints\/plan-for-future-of-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajavi\u2019s Ten-Point Plan<\/a> among younger Iranians and insisted that supporting the NCRI is synonymous with supporting the Iranian people\u2019s only viable path to freedom.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At European Parliament, listening to Maryam Rajavi on the day of internationhumanrights <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rthxv1JsSq\">pic.twitter.com\/rthxv1JsSq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sina Dashti (@sinadashti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sinadashti\/status\/1998747430666350667?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 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=\"6690\" data-end=\"7182\">International human-rights lawyer <strong data-start=\"6724\" data-end=\"6741\">Azadeh Zabeti<\/strong>, speaking for <a href=\"https:\/\/iran1988.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JVMI<\/a>, detailed the mounting danger facing 18 political prisoners sentenced to death for supporting the PMOI, warning that their executions would be deliberate political killings by the state. She read a global statement signed by over 300 prominent women, including former heads of state, demanding the release of Zahra Tabari and calling on governments to support Iranian women leading the struggle for democracy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7184\" data-end=\"7521\">At the conclusion of the event, speakers converged on a unified message:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7184\" data-end=\"7521\">The Iranian regime intensifies executions because it fears the organized resistance inside Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7184\" data-end=\"7521\">The NCRI\u2019s political platform, the <a href=\"https:\/\/english.mojahedin.org\/pmoi-resistance-units\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEK\u2019s Resistance Units<\/a>, and the nationwide rejection of both the Shah and the mullahs are reshaping the political landscape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"7523\" data-end=\"7893\">Most urgently, participants demanded:<br data-start=\"7560\" data-end=\"7563\" \/>\u2022 EU action to halt executions;<br data-start=\"7594\" data-end=\"7597\" \/>\u2022 IRGC and MOIS terrorist designation;<br data-start=\"7635\" data-end=\"7638\" \/>\u2022 Closure of Iranian diplomatic facilities used for repression;<br data-start=\"7701\" data-end=\"7704\" \/>\u2022 Universal-jurisdiction prosecutions for the 1988 massacre and current crimes;<br data-start=\"7783\" data-end=\"7786\" \/>\u2022 Recognition of the Iranian people\u2019s right to overthrow the dictatorship and choose a democratic republic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a major conference held on International Human Rights Day at the European Parliament, lawmakers, legal experts, former ministers, and human-rights leaders condemned Iran&rsquo;s escalating campaign of executions and transnational 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