The European Parliament adopted a resolution strongly condemning the systematic repression and widespread human rights violations in Iran. The resolution, which passed with 524 votes in favor, three against, and 41 abstentions, strongly objected to arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture, extrajudicial killings, and inhumane conditions in Iran’s prisons.
In the resolution, the European Parliament called on United Nations bodies to document the crimes of Iran’s regime and ensure that those responsible are held accountable. It also called for Iran’s case to be referred to the International Criminal Court.
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In addition, the European Parliament urged the Council of the European Union and its member states to implement targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations in Iran, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), security officials, prosecutors, and prison authorities, through asset freezes and travel bans.
Main Debates in the European Parliament Session
On Monday, February 11, 2026, the European Parliament held a session on the systematic repression, inhumane conditions, and arbitrary detentions carried out by Iran’s regime, during which members of parliament strongly condemned the human rights situation in Iran and emphasized the need to support the Iranian people and the Iranian Resistance.
During the session, members referred to the regime’s widespread crimes against the people and stressed the need for immediate and decisive action by the international community to support protesters and pressure regime officials. Carlo Ciccioli said that thousands of massacres, arbitrary arrests, disappearances, torture, forced confessions, and show trials; Iran has one of the highest numbers of political prisoners in the world. No one is safe from the regime’s oppression, not even women and minorities. Listing the IRGC as a terrorist organization was a positive step, but it was done far too late. We must support the Iranian Resistance and take further measures to confront this regime.
Anna Strolenberg also referred to the horrific conditions of prisoners in Iran and said that thousands have been killed in Iran and tens of thousands in prisons face the threat of execution or rape. We owe it to the people of Iran to see the human stories behind these statistics. We must seize the assets of the IRGC and support those who seek freedom and democracy.
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Nora Junco García referred to the large demonstration of Iranians in Berlin and said that the European Union must heed the demands of the Iranian people and assist them. The regime spends millions of euros to finance terrorism while the people of Iran live on the equivalent of 5 euros per day. This is a revolution of the thirsty; they do not even have drinking water.
Call for Prosecution of Iran’s Regime Officials
Petras Austrevicius also emphasized that Iran’s regime continues to repress its own people and has made living conditions unbearable. He called for the punishment of those responsible for repression and for increased pressure and sanctions by the European Union.
Alice Bah Kuhnke also referred to victims of the regime’s violence and said that injured protesters do not even go to hospitals for fear of arrest, as they may be transferred from there to places from which they will never return. Doctors and medical staff are imprisoned for saving lives.
Finally, other representatives such as Antonio López-Istúriz and Reinhold Lopatka also stressed the need for stronger European action against Iran’s regime and said that Iran’s future must be determined by the Iranian people.
These statements and follow-ups in the European Parliament ultimately led to the adoption of a resolution condemning the systematic repression by Iran’s regime and calling for documentation of these crimes by United Nations bodies and the imposition of targeted sanctions against those responsible for human rights violations. The resolution was adopted with 524 votes in favor, three against, and 41 abstentions.
