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.

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The increasing and systematic repression against women in Iran: MEPs debate

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

Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon: MEPs debate (part 2)

Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon: MEPs debate (part 1)

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

Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon: opening statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

Escalation of violence in the Middle East and the situation in Lebanon: closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

Delegations for relations with Iran Constitutive meeting

Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response: Closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and VP of the European Commission

Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response: MEPs debate (part 2)

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

Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response: MEPs debate (part 1)

Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response: extracts from the debate

Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response: Opening statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Resumption of session and order of business: Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the Swedish national held in prison in Iran

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the situation of the Iranian Lawyer of Masha Amini

Resumption of session and order of business: introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the Freedom Prize to the European Parliament in the Lithuanian Seimas

Award of the 2023 Sakharov Prize: statements by Afsoon Najafi and Mersedeh Shahinkar representing Woman, Life, Freedom Movement, Sakharov Prize 2023 laureates

Award of the 2023 Sakharov Prize: extracts from the ceremony

Sakharov Prize 2023 laureate: roundtable at the COP and extracts from the announcement of "Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran" as the laureate, by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Announcement of the Sakharov Prize 2023 laureate "Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement in Iran" by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Infoclip: Tehran (Iran) - Sakharov Prize 2023

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