On Thursday 28 November, the European Parliament strongly condemned the growing and systematic repression of women in Iran through laws and regulations that severely restrict their freedoms and rights, saying that the situation had not improved since Masoud Pezeshkian came to power.
In the joint resolution they adopted, MEPs therefore urged the Iranian authorities to repeal all laws that discriminate against women and girls, and to abolish the ‘morality police’ and all other repressive bodies as a matter of urgency.
Parliament also calls for the immediate and unconditional release of all defenders of women’s rights and all victims of arbitrary detention, including EU nationals. The EU and the Member States must support the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ movement, Parliament adds.
MEPs also want the Council of the EU to classify the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, pointing out that the necessary legal basis is now provided by the ruling of the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf on the attack on the Bochum synagogue in 2022.
To see the resolution, go to https://aeur.eu/f/eir (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)