{"id":345263,"date":"2026-05-21T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=345263"},"modified":"2026-05-21T21:04:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T20:04:42","slug":"european-parliament-overwhelmingly-adopts-strong-resolution-condemning-irans-repression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/european-parliament-overwhelmingly-adopts-strong-resolution-condemning-irans-repression\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament Overwhelmingly Adopts Strong Resolution Condemning Iran&#8217;s Repression"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_342525\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342525\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-342525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff.jpg\" alt=\"European Parliament hemicycle, Strasbourg. Photo: David Iliff (Diliff), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. License: https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/European_Parliament_Strasbourg_Hemicycle_-_Diliff-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342525\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">European Parliament hemicycle, Strasbourg. Photo: David Iliff (Diliff), CC BY-SA 3.0, via<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Wikimedia Commons<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Strasbourg, May 21, 2026 \u2014 The European Parliament today <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/de\/press-room\/20260513IPR43312\/human-rights-violations-in-iran-afghanistan-and-indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed a decisive resolution<\/a> with a large majority condemning the Iranian regime\u2019s systematic repression, secret executions of political prisoners and protesters, and widespread human rights abuses. The vote took place during the official plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday, May 21, 2026. It resulted in 516 votes in favor, 14 against, and 39 abstentions. This is considered one of the strongest positions taken by the European Parliament against the Iranian regime in recent years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution expresses solidarity with the Iranian people and their struggle for freedom, democracy, and human rights. It strongly condemns the secret executions carried out in March and April 2026, pays tribute to the \u201cremarkable courage\u201d of those executed, and warns that the scale of repression may amount to crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While the Iranian regime upholds the death sentence of political prisoner Manouchehr Fallah over alleged affiliation with the PMOI, and after the execution this morning of two Kurdish political prisoners, Ramin Zaleh and Karim Maroufpour, the European Parliament has adopted a\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JX1LiH4Mpe\">pic.twitter.com\/JX1LiH4Mpe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Friends of a Free Iran &#8211; EP (@FOFI_EP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOFI_EP\/status\/2057413656493645984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2026<\/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;\">Key Demands of the Resolution:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Immediate halt to all executions and the unconditional release of all political prisoners.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Expansion of EU sanctions against Iranian officials and entities responsible for repression, including the judiciary, prison authorities, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/terrorism-a-fundamentalism\/inside-irans-army-of-terror-and-oppression-revolutionary-guards-irgc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<\/a> (IRGC), and institutions linked to the Supreme Leader. This includes asset freezes and travel bans.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Closure of Iranian diplomatic missions involved in transnational repression and closing loopholes in sanctions enforcement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Pursuit of universal jurisdiction so that Iranian officials can be prosecuted in European courts.<\/li>\n<li>Condemnation of internet shutdowns in Iran, with calls on the EU and partner countries to provide tools for secure internet access for Iranians.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring that human rights, the release of political prisoners, an end to executions, and accountability for victims remain central to any EU engagement with Iran.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 Iran News: European Parliament Condemns Executions and Repression in Iran<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament adopted a resolution in Strasbourg, condemning Iran\u2019s crackdown, executions of political prisoners and protesters, and repression of religious minorities.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N26HQ0hTFR\">pic.twitter.com\/N26HQ0hTFR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2057433821037895764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2026<\/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;\">The text also notes Iran\u2019s position as the country with the world\u2019s highest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/press-releases\/2025\/09\/un-experts-appalled-unprecedented-execution-spree-iran-over-1000-killed-nine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">execution rate<\/a> and criticizes the regime\u2019s use of the death penalty to suppress political organizing. It supports the UN independent international fact-finding mission on Iran.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This resolution reflects broad cross-party concern in the European Parliament over the human rights situation in Iran.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strasbourg, May 21, 2026 &mdash; The European Parliament today passed a decisive resolution with a large majority condemning the Iranian regime&rsquo;s systematic repression, secret executions of political prisoners and protesters, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":342525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[276],"class_list":["post-345263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-human-rights","tag-iran-human-rights"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>European Parliament Overwhelmingly Adopts Strong Resolution Condemning Iran&#039;s Repression - NCRI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Strasbourg, May 21, 2026 \u2014 The European Parliament today passed a decisive resolution with a large majority condemning the Iranian regime\u2019s systematic\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/european-parliament-overwhelmingly-adopts-strong-resolution-condemning-irans-repression\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"European Parliament hemicycle, Strasbourg\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"European Parliament hemicycle, Strasbourg. 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