Strasbourg, 23/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - In a joint resolution brought forward by the EPP-ED, PES, Alde, UEN, Greens and GUE/NGL Groups, adopted in Strasbourg on 19 June, the European Parliament strongly condemned the death sentences and executions in Iran, in particular those imposed or carried out on juvenile offenders and minors, which are in direct contravention of the international obligations and commitments to which Iran is a signatory, specifically as set out in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The EP repeated its calls to the Iranian Parliament (Majlis) swiftly to pass the pending reform of the Iranian penal code, with the aim, notably, of abolishing stoning and the execution of child offenders, to move towards a moratorium on the death penalty and to bring Iranian legislation into line with international human rights obligations. It also urged member states to suspend the expulsion to Iran of persons under threat of execution or torture. (E.H./transl.rt)