C 214/114
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
16.6.2023
Thursday 19 January 2023
P9_TA(2023)0016
EU response to the protests and executions in Iran European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2023 on the EU response to the protests and executions in Iran (2023/2511(RSP)) (2023/C 214/11)
The European Parliament, — having regard to its previous resolutions on Iran, in particular those of 6 October 2022 on the death of Jina Mahsa Amini and the repression of women’s rights protesters in Iran (1) and of 17 February 2022 on the death penalty in Iran (2), as well as all its other resolutions on the human rights situation in Iran, — having regard to the UN General Assembly Third Committee resolution of 16 November 2022 on Human Rights in Iran, — having regard to the statement by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of 10 January 2023, — having regard to the statement by the UN Experts of 11 November 2022 calling on Iran to stop sentencing peaceful protesters to death, — having regard to the special session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Islamic Republic of Iran, which took place on 24 November 2022, and the resolution adopted at that session, — having regard to the reports of the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran of 22 September 2022, 18 June 2022, 13 January 2022, and 11 January 2021, — having regard to the G7 foreign ministers’ statement of 4 November 2022, — having regard to the EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of 12 December 2022, — having regard to the sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities adopted by the Council of the EU on 12 April 2021, 17 October 2022, 20 October 2022 and 14 November 2022 and to Council implementing decision (CFSP) 2022/2433 of 12 December 2022 (3), — having regard to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s sanctions against European and British entities and individuals, — having regard to the statements of the European External Action Service (EEAS) spokesperson of 7 January 2023 on the recent executions of Mohammad Mehdi Karami and Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini, of 8 December 2022 on the execution of Mohsen Sekari and of 15 January 2023 on the execution of Mr Alireza Akbari, — having regard to the declaration by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on behalf of the EU on Iran of 25 September 2022 and the statement by the European External Action Service spokesperson of 19 September 2022 on the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, — having regard to the press release of the EEAS spokesperson of 9 January 2023 announcing the summoning of the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the European Union, — having regard to the statements of the Chair of its Delegation for Relations with Iran of 22 September 2022, 9 November 2022 and 13 December 2022,
(1) (2) (3)
Texts adopted, P9_TA(2022)0352.
OJ C 342, 6.9.2022, p. 286.
Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2022/2433 of 12 December 2022 implementing Decision 2011/235/CFSP concerning restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities in view of the situation in Iran (OJ L 318 I, 12.12.2022, p. 36).