{"id":348656,"date":"2026-10-09T18:18:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=348656"},"modified":"2026-10-09T18:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:18:58","slug":"european-parliament-demands-icc-referral-for-irans-dictatorship-as-meps-condemn-escalating-terror-and-gender-apartheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/human-rights\/european-parliament-demands-icc-referral-for-irans-dictatorship-as-meps-condemn-escalating-terror-and-gender-apartheid\/","title":{"rendered":"European Parliament Demands ICC Referral for Iran\u2019s Dictatorship as MEPs Condemn Escalating Terror and Gender Apartheid"},"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. 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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;\">The European Parliament delivered a crushing political indictment against the clerical dictatorship ruling Iran on Thursday, October 8, 2026, passing a landmark resolution that overwhelmingly condemns Tehran\u2019s brutal crackdown on its civilian population. <a href=\"https:\/\/theinsightinternational.com\/european-parliament-iran-overturn-death-sentences-taraneh-rahimi-leila-abolhasani-october\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adopted by a decisive<\/a> majority of 541 votes in favor to just 11 against and 25 abstentions, the resolution exposes the systemic criminality of the mullahs&#8217; regime, demanding immediate international legal accountability, broader diplomatic sanctions, and the referral of the ruling despotism to the International Criminal Court (ICC).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-path-to-node=\"2,0\">A major subject of parliamentary debates was the regime&#8217;s systematic execution wave aimed at crushing organized opposition<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2\">. Lawmakers highlighted the severe plight of political prisoners linked to the Resistance, <a href=\"https:\/\/wncri.org\/2026\/05\/31\/political-prisoner-zahra-tabari-rasht\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including Zahra Tabari<\/a>, a 68-year-old engineer and mother facing the death penalty and <a href=\"https:\/\/iran-hrm.com\/2026\/07\/03\/death-sentence-for-arghavan-fallahi-in-iran-an-urgent-call-to-action-to-save-her-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arghavan Fallahi<\/a>, a 25-year-old political prisoner sentenced to death on charges of MEK membership. These cases, alongside those of 20-year-old Taraneh Rahimi and 43-year-old Leila Abolhasani<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4\">, demonstrate how the mullahs&#8217; judiciary uses torture-tainted confessions to sentence women and dissidents to death<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING | European Parliament Adopts Resolution Condemning Executions and Human Rights Violations in Iran<\/p>\n<p>The European Parliament has adopted a resolution condemning executions and human rights violations in Iran, with 541 votes in favor, 11 against, and 25 abstentions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GT3G2Muqwq\">pic.twitter.com\/GT3G2Muqwq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SIMAY AZADI TV (@en_simayazadi) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/en_simayazadi\/status\/2108172074413854963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">During the plenary session, members of the European Parliament forcefully denounced diplomatic hesitation toward Tehran. Political prisoners and protesters, including Zahra Tabari and Arghavan Fallahi, are at imminent risk of execution in Iran, warned Dutch MEP Jessika van Leeuwen, calling on European governments to halt all concessions. &#8220;I call upon our national leaders: We must never, ever negotiate with a regime that exploits wars as a pretext to carry out executions on their own people,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">Echoing this demand for an uncompromising foreign policy, Finnish <a href=\"https:\/\/ecrgroup.eu\/article\/ecr_no_normalisation_with_iran_while_executions_continue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen criticized<\/a> diplomatic engagement with state executioners: &#8220;What is Europe doing? Our highest officials are having dialogues with the killers. The Islamic regime is constantly killing people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\">\u201cAgain and again, we come here to speak on this stage to criticize the terrorist regime of Iranian Ayatollahs. Again and again, we come here to condemn death sentences imposed on opponents to the Iranian regime, but also people sentenced completely on arbitrary charges, &#8220;ECR MEP Veronika Vrecionov\u00e1.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a> must urgently expand the list of Iranian officials subject to sanctions, take steps to restrict <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/Iranian?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranian<\/a> diplomatic representation in MSs and abandon it\u2019s policy of appeasement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UzokxIJoFf\">pic.twitter.com\/UzokxIJoFf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Petras Austrevicius (@petras_petras) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/petras_petras\/status\/2108091570222149848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIran keeps on funding terrorist groups across the region. Iran is waging a war against us openly and also secretly. It is trying to cut us off from raw materials. So why don\u2019t we make sure to defend our interests, but also interests of ordinary people in Iran?\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The resolution directly targets the ideological core of the totalitarian regime by condemning its codified system of sex discrimination and urging the international community to recognize Tehran&#8217;s rule as &#8220;gender apartheid&#8221;\u2014a crime against humanity under international law. European lawmakers stressed that the mullahs&#8217; relentless persecution of women, ethnic and religious minorities, and political dissidents\u2014combined with transnational assassination plots abroad\u2014proves that the regime operates as an outlaw tyranny operating in total defiance of global norms.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In the European Parliament&#39;s debate on Iran today, \ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf1 MEP <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jessikavanlee24?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jessikavanlee24<\/a> urges the EU to act urgently to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/StopExecutionsInIran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StopExecutionsInIran<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We must not negotiate with a regime that exploits war as a pretext to carry out executions&quot;<\/p>\n<p>CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drmaisato?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drmaisato<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ginitastar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ginitastar<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PoloMaldonadoG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PoloMaldonadoG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hadjalahbib?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@hadjalahbib<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bKYuJcG9NF\">pic.twitter.com\/bKYuJcG9NF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HanifJazayeri\/status\/2107952017666896285?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"3\">Lithuanian MEP Petras Au\u0161trevi\u010dius urged the European Union to align its actions directly with the democratic aspirations of the Iranian population: &#8220;The regime has sentenced two other women \u2013 Zahra Tabari and Arghavan Fallahi \u2013 to death for alleged membership of the PMOI. Over the past few months, 11 political prisoners have been executed on charges related to the PMOI. The rulers of Tehran fear the PMOI and extend their oppressive policies. The EU must urgently expand the list of Iranian officials subject to sanctions, step up restricting Iranian diplomatic representation in the EU, and abandon its policy of appeasement of the cruelest regime in the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rejecting diplomatic hesitation, the European Parliament called for a decisive escalation in pressure against the oppressive apparatus in Tehran. Lawmakers urged European Union member states to broaden targeted sanctions, step up the resources and mandate of the UN\u2019s Independent International <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hr-bodies\/hrc\/ffm-iran\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fact-Finding Mission<\/a> to collect evidence for prosecution, and formally refer the regime\u2019s supreme leadership to the ICC.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">European Parliament debate on Iran, 7 Oct 2026<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Nicolasdlparte?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Nicolasdlparte<\/a> MEP: Iran is using the death penalty to silence dissidents and protesters. The EU cannot remain silent. We must urge the UN Security Council to refer Iran&#39;s regime to the International Criminal Court.<\/p>\n<p>CC: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/drmaisato?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@drmaisato<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HliRejYM7i\">pic.twitter.com\/HliRejYM7i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; M. Hanif Jazayeri (@HanifJazayeri) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HanifJazayeri\/status\/2108118358390349858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 8, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-path-to-node=\"8,0\">This historic resolution signals a major victory for the Iranian people&#8217;s democratic aspiration and a crushing rebuke to any remaining policy of appeasement<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,2\">. By demanding ICC prosecution and identifying gender apartheid as an international crime<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,4\">, European representatives have reaffirmed that the clerical dictatorship cannot hide behind diplomatic impunity. Democratic nations must now translate these words into concrete policy: completely isolating Tehran\u2019s regime, severing diplomatic channels with state terror, and backing the Iranian people in their fight to establish a free, secular, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/maryam-rajavis-ten-point-plan-for-future-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">democratic republic<\/a><\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"8,6\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Parliament delivered a crushing political indictment against the clerical dictatorship ruling Iran on Thursday, October 8, 2026, passing a landmark resolution that overwhelmingly condemns Tehran&rsquo;s brutal crackdown on its civilian population. 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