Defying international criticism, Iran has sentenced many protestors to death, and continues to execute people arrested during recent demonstrations.

The demonstrations started in mid-September after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, died in the custody of the ‘morality police’ for, they claimed, breaking the strict hijab rules. Hundreds of people have been killed in the protests that have followed and thousands arrested because of their brutal repression by the government.

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called these death sentences “state sanctioned killing”, and said that the Iranian government is using executions to intimidate the population and stamp out dissent.

While the EU is discussing a fourth round of sanctions because of the regime crackdown and Iran's military support for Russia, some member states have called for the classification by the EU of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation.

EU - Iran

MEPs assess the latest developments in the Middle East, in particular in Iran, and what the EU can do to help restore peace.

Parliament reviews the latest events in the region, including the US airstrikes against Iranian nuclear facilities at the end of June 2025, and Israel’s earlier attacks on Iranian targets, which led to Iran launching missiles at Israeli cities. In a plenary debate on 16 June, the EU High Representative, Kaja Kallas, said that Iran, as the main source of regional instability, must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. She also defended diplomacy as the best way to address Iran's nuclear programme in the long run.

MEPs are also expected to repeat their calls for an end to the deplorable humanitarian situation in Gaza, for a new ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and for a hostage release agreement.

Plenary debate on the situation in Middle East

Joint Debate - Situation in the Middle East
Risk of further instability in the Middle East following the Israel-Iran military escalation
Review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Joint Debate - Situation in the Middle East

MEPs and the Commission discuss Iran’s state-sponsored terrorism in light of recent attacks in Europe.

The debate follows recent reports by European security services that Iran may have been involved in the explosions and shootings that took place near the Israeli embassies in Stockholm and Copenhagen, by using local criminal gangs. European officials have also warned of an increase in assassination attempts by Iranian intelligence targeting Jews and regime critics on European soil.

The European Parliament has long been a vocal critic of the Iranian clerical regime for its brutal suppression of the democratic aspirations of its own citizens, as well as its support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. MEPs have also called for the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to be placed on the EU terrorist list.

State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in the light of the recent attacks in Europe

Parliament evaluates the escalating violence in the Middle East and the latest developments in Lebanon with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell. This discussion follows the anniversary of the Hamas terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of 1,200 Israelis on 7 October 2023, and which has since triggered ongoing conflict in Gaza and broader regional instability.

As Israel intensifies ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, around 100 Israeli hostages remain unaccounted for, and casualty numbers in Gaza continue to rise. In response to the conflict, Iran has launched ballistic missiles at Israel. High Representative Borrell has emphasized the EU's commitment to prevent a regional war. MEPs have previously called for an immediate ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages, and unrestricted humanitarian aid access, with reports from the Gaza Health Ministry indicating that approximately 40,000 Palestinians have died since October 2023 due to Israel's response to the attack by Hamas.

Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon

EP Plenary session - EU strategy with regard to Iran’s nuclear threat and the implementation of EU sanctions resulting from the snapback mechanism

EP Plenary session- EU strategy with regard to Iran’s nuclear threat and the implementation of EU sanctions resulting from the snapback mechanism

DROI - The EU strategy to promote and to protect human rights of women worldwide

EP Plenary session - Situation in the Middle East

EP Plenary session - Joint Debate - Situation in the Middle East

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

EP Plenary session - State sponsored terrorism by the Islamic Republic of Iran in light of the recent attacks in Europe

EP Plenary session - Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon

Delegations for relations with Iran Constitutive meeting

EP Plenary session - Debates on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law (Rule 144) Latest attacks against women, women's rights defenders in Iran, and its arbitrary detention of EU nationals

DROI -  Exchange of views on the human rights situation one year after the death of Iranian Masha Amini

EP Plenary session - Statement by the VPC/HR - Iran: one year after the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini

AFET DROI joint meeting - Exchange of views on ‘How to support Human Rights, Freedom and Democracy in Iran

Delegation for relations with Iran - FEMM joint meeting Exchange of views with 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin EBADI on the situation of women in Iran

Charlie WEIMERS meets Crown Prince of IRAN Reza PAHLAVI

EP Plenary session - EU response to the protests and executions in Iran

Roberta METSOLA, EP President delivers a speech at the Iranian Solidarity Rally in Strasbourg

EP Plenary session - EU response to the increasing crack-down on protests in Iran

MEPs vote on the following topics: Humanitarian consequences of the blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh - Motions for resolutions, The storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions - Motions for resolutions, Situation of journalists in Morocco, notably the case of Omar Radi - Motions for resolutions, The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine - Motions for resolutions, EU response to the protests and executions in Iran - Motions for resolutions, Control of the financial activities of the European Investment Bank - annual report 2021 - Angelika WINZIG (EPP,AT), Protection of the European Union’s financial interests -combating fraud - annual report 2021 - Sabrina PIGNEDOLI (NI,IT), Small-scale fisheries situation in the EU and future Perspectives - João PIMENTA LOPES (The Left, PT), Revision of European Works Councils Directive - Dennis RADTKE (EPP, DE).

Voting session: including the motion for resolutions on the EU response to the protests and executions, and the The establishment of a tribunal on the crime of aggression against Ukraine

Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice (for VPC/HR).

EU response to the protests and executions in Iran: Closing statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice (for VPC/HR)

MEPs debate on the EU response to the protests and executions in Iran

EU response to the protests and executions in Iran: MEPs debate

EU response to the protests and executions in Iran: Opening statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice (for VPC/HR):

EU response to the protests and executions in Iran: Opening statement by Didier REYNDERS, European Commissioner for Justice (for VPC/HR)

MEPs discuss the EU’s response to the protests and executions in Iran with EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell and they vote on a resolution. Defying international criticism Iran has sentenced many protestors to death, and continues to execute people arrested during recent demonstrations. Extracts from the debate and from the vote.

EU response to the protests and executions in Iran: extracts from the debate (17/01) and from the vote

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening remarks on the current situation of human rights in Iran.

Resumption of session and order of business: opening remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the situation in Iran

An Iranian Solidarity Rally is organised in Strasbourg, urging the European Union to list the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) as a terrorist organization. Protesters gather in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, right before the plenary session. Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives a speech and shows her support on behalf of the EP to the Iranian people.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President delivers a speech at the Iranian Solidarity Rally in Strasbourg: speech by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and atmosphere shots of the demonstration

MEPs discuss with EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell how to respond to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran.The demonstrations, which started in mid-September after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killeddied in the custody of ‘morality police’ for breaking strict hijab rules, have now gone on for nearly two months. closing statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran: closing statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

MEPs discuss with EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell how to respond to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran.The demonstrations, which started in mid-September after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killeddied in the custody of ‘morality police’ for breaking strict hijab rules, have now gone on for nearly two months.

EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran: MEPs debate

MEPs discuss with EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell how to respond to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran.The demonstrations, which started in mid-September after a young woman, Mahsa Amini, was killeddied in the custody of ‘morality police’ for breaking strict hijab rules, have now gone on for nearly two months. Opening statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.

EU response to the increasing crackdown on protests in Iran: opening statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the plenary session on the 21st November in Strasbourg, by giving her opening remarks on the current situation of human rights in Iran.

Resumption of session and order of business: opening remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the current situation in Iran

Roberta METSOLA, EP President opens the plenary session in Brussels on 9 of November 2022. Opening remarks on European Parliament's commitment in support of Iranian people. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Resumption of session and order of business: opening remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, in support of Iranian people

&lt;p>After another night of protests anti-government which have started in September after the death of Masha Amini, and the announcement of sancitons by the Iranian governement against a number of European Union officials and organisations, Roberta METSOLA, EP President, during her official visit to Latvia, gives a statement. She condemns the latests sanctions and claimed that women have the right to protest.&lt;/p>

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the sanctions by Iran against EU officials

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, opens the European Parliament's plenary session in Strasbourg with a statement on Iran's recent protests and sanctions.

Resumption of session and order of business: opening remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on Iran's protests and sanctions

In Iran, nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. During the DROI (Subcommittee on Human Rights) meeting in Brussels, MEPs participate to an exchange of views with Firouzeh Nahavandi, Professor of Sociology and Director of the ‘Centre d'Études de la Coopération internationale et du Développement (Université Libre de Bruxelles), Sima Sabet, senior reporter and presenter of Talk Show Program on Iran International TV and Tara Sepehri Far, researcher in the Middle East and North Africa Division of Human Rights Watch.

Women’s role in the rights and freedoms protest in Iran and government crackdown: exchange of views - EP DROI Committee

MEPs vote on the situation of human rights in Haiti in particular related to gang violence; the Media freedom crackdown in Myanmar, notably the cases of Htet Htet Khine, Sithu Aung Myint and Nyein Nyein Aye (Rule 144); the recent humanitarian and human rights situation in Tigray, Ethiopia, notably that of children (Rule 144); the death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran; Russia’s escalation of its war of aggression against Ukraine; Outcome of the Commission’s review of the 15- Point Action Plan on trade and sustainable development; An EU approach for Space Traffic management - an EU contribution addressing a global challenge; Momentum for the Ocean: strengthening Ocean Governance and Biodiversity.

Voting session, including resolution on death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran

MEPs and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL discuss the countrywide protests against the Islamic regime in Iran after the nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. Extracts from the debate. MEPs call for more sanctions against the Iranian regime. During the debate, Abir AL-SAHLANI (Renew, SE) cuts her hair in the plenary to show her support to the Iranien women.

The death of Mahsa Amini and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran: extracts from the debate

MEPs and EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep BORRELL discuss the countrywide protests against the Islamic regime in Iran after the nationwide demonstrations were triggered by the death in Tehran on 16 September of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police, who assaulted her for, they claimed, incorrectly wearing her hijab. Closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, HR/VP of the European Commission.

The death of Mahsa AMINI and the repression of women's rights protesters in Iran: closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, HR/VP of the European Commission

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