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Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Thijs Reuten
Political group: S-D
Country: France
Language: EN

We have supported our Iranian communities and their friends and relatives in Iran who are tortured, imprisoned and executed because that is what’s happening. You never know how many will be executed today, tomorrow, at the time of the  But our leaders look away. Away from the Kurdish Iranians, the Baloch people, the countless political prisoners who might face executions today, tomorrow. This must stop. Put them on the list. ‘Women, Life, Freedom’.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Francisco Guerreiro
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: EN

At no time in the past three decades has the human rights situation been as grave as it is today under the presidency of Ebrahim Raisi – notoriously known for his role as a member of the ‘Tehran death commission’ which sent thousands of prisoners of conscience to the gallows for their support for democratic opposition. The current situation in Iran underscores the moral imperative for the international community to support Iranian people in their struggle against tyranny. It is crucial to recognise and uphold their rights to seek freedom, justice and democratic government as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. So the EU diplomacy must not foster a culture of impunity: a foreign policy is needed, focusing on accountability through international courts and universal jurisdiction before we see another massacre in Iranian prisons. To conclude, may the future bring a free, democratic and secular Iran.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Dorien Rookmaker
Political group: ECR
Country: Netherlands
Language: EN

The EU need to support this resistance. How? By blacklisting the IRGC, the regime’s instrument of oppression. The regime recently executed Mohammad Ghobadlou, a courageous young Iranian man. Let us not forget Maryam Akbari Monfared, a mother of three who has been serving 15 years in prison and who was recently charged for three more years. I have to stop here because the list is too long. We all know the Iranian regime is the worst in the world. Over 870 executions were carried out in 2023 to silence the opposition. When is the EU speaking up?
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Patricia Chagnon
Political group: ID
Country: Italy
Language: FR

Dans un pays où les islamistes sont au pouvoir, le refus de se couvrir, pour les femmes, peut vous conduire à la mort. Soutenir la liberté des femmes peut vous mener à l’exécution. Mais ce n’est pas seulement dans les pays musulmans que cette vision d’islam rigoriste avance. C’est aussi en Occident que les relais des islamistes arrivent à imposer les préceptes de «pudeur», c’est-à-dire l’invisibilisation des femmes dans l’espace public. Cela se passe même au sein des plus prestigieuses institutions européennes, ici même, au Parlement européen, en recevant par exemple l’association Femyso, proche des Frères musulmans, ou encore en finançant la campagne de promotion du voile ironiquement intitulée «Mon voile, ma liberté».  Mais quelle ignominie de banaliser le combat des femmes iraniennes ou européennes contre les islamistes. Peut-être que les enquêtes menées par la justice belge sur les allégations d’influence, voire de corruption, au sein des institutions européennes vont nous fournir des éléments de réponse et vont, une fois pour toutes, tout démêler.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Fabio Massimo Castaldo
Political group: NI
Country: France
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, l'Iran è il paese al mondo con il più alto tasso di esecuzioni capitali, un inferno in cui nessuno può sentirsi al riparo dalle violenze arbitrarie e dalla persecuzione del regime. Lo dimostra benissimo il caso di Mohammad Ghobadlou. Io sono fiero e orgoglioso di aver contribuito ad attribuire il premio Sacharov alla memoria di Mahsa Amini e al movimento "Donna, vita, libertà". Ma un premio prestigioso non basta, perché senza azioni concrete resterà solo una targa ad arrugginire, priva di significato. Continuare a sostenere attivamente la lotta di milioni di donne e di uomini che combattono strenuamente ogni giorno per la propria libertà, spesso a costo della loro stessa vita, è per noi un dovere, tanto in Iran quanto nella nostra stessa Europa. Sì, perché omicidi, rapimenti e intimidazioni accadono ogni giorno anche contro la diaspora iraniana. Il regime sanguinario di Khamenei estende i suoi tentacoli ben al di là dei confini nazionali. Siamo noi a dover proteggere e sostenere questi attivisti. Ecco perché ho invitato i ragazzi di questa diaspora, della diaspora iraniana in Italia, nel Parlamento europeo, perché sentano questo sostegno, perché sappiano che l'Europa sarà sempre con loro e sarà la voce di chi non ha voce. Donna, vita, libertà oggi...
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Carina Ohlsson
Political group: S-D
Language: SV

Herr talman! När man trodde att den iranska regimen inte kunde sjunka lägre, då avrättar teokratin en man med funktionshinder. Hans namn var Mohammad Ghobadlou. Mohammad var anklagad för det medeltida brottet ”krig mot Gud”. Men vilken Gud förordar mördandet av människor som bekämpar maktens tyranni? Mohammad engagerade sig i protesterna mot sedlighetenspolisens avrättning av Mahsa Jina Amini. Hon hade inte täckt håret tillräckligt och för det mördades hon av en regim som aktivt stöttar och ägnar sig åt internationell terrorism, en regim som våldtar flickor och kvinnor. En regim som avrättar människor som står upp mot förtrycket.  Den iranska regimen måste också omedelbart frige den svenske medborgaren och EU-tjänstemannen Johan Floderus. Det är besynnerligt att åklagaren yrkar på dödsstraff. Den iranska regimen måste reformera sig eller skrotas på historiens sophög.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Guy Verhofstadt
Political group: Renew
Country: Bulgaria
Language: EN

Mr President, this is today, I think, in all the debates that I have followed, the only item where there is consensus across all groups in Parliament, that is, that our policy towards Iran is a complete failure! You see it every day: executions, Iran behind Hamas, the Houthis, Hezbollah, the attacks against military facilities of the US. The deliveries of weapons continue and they are ready today to make atomic bombs in Iran. So, we need absolutely a new strategy and a new strategy based on three things: first of all, more massive sanctions until all hostages are released. That would be an approach. Secondly, recognition of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation, tomorrow if possible. And lastly, recognise the opposition and the resistance as the real representatives of the Iranian people, and no longer the mullahs.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Kollege Verhofstadt, ich verstehe, dass Sie sich da manchmal ärgern, aber ich schaue, dass die Redezeit eingehalten wird, dass wir nicht zu spät sind. Und ich will auch mal ausdrücklich sagen, dass ich Kollegen wie Sie ausdrücklich schätze, die hier mit keinem Manuskript auftreten und frei sprechen, und andere Reden wörtlich ablesen und sich sogar bei der Vorbereitung solcher Reden nicht an die eine Minute halten. Das ärgert mich kolossal!
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mounir Satouri
Political group: Verts/ALE
Country: Germany
Language: FR

Monsieur le Président, tortures, disparitions forcées, procès inéquitables, exécutions: l’arbitraire règne en Iran. Le 23 janvier dernier, Mohammad Ghobadlou et Farhad Salimi étaient exécutés. Demain, tant d’autres risquent d’être soumis à la folie sanguinaire du régime. Confrontée à son propre peuple et face à la puissance du mouvement pacifique «Femme! Vie! Liberté!», la République islamique d’Iran vacille et s’enfonce dans la répression. Plus de 8 000 personnes exécutées en 2023, déjà 54 en 2024 – et nous ne sommes que le 7 février! L’Union européenne condamne, l’Union européenne sanctionne, l’Union européenne soutient la société civile. Elle peut et doit faire plus et mieux pour la population iranienne. Quand elle le veut, l’Union européenne sait se servir de ses leviers d’action. Elle le peut et devrait le faire dès qu’il en va de l’oppression d’un peuple.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Susanna Ceccardi
Political group: ID
Country: France
Language: IT

Signor Presidente, onorevoli colleghi, l'impiccagione di Mohammad, un oppositore del regime con disabilità mentale, è un ulteriore passo nell'infamia degli ayatollah. Ma, con grande onestà e grande dolore, dobbiamo constatare che le continue condanne a morte comminate dal regime iraniano nei confronti di giovani donne e uomini, colpevoli soltanto di chiedere democrazia, non fanno più notizia in Europa. Così come non fa più notizia lo sterminio di minoranze, come beluci e curdi, che sta avvenendo in questi giorni. I media europei insabbiano sistematicamente queste notizie, coprendole con pagine e pagine di presunte violazioni dei diritti in Ungheria, in Slovacchia e così via, perché sono scomode per il  D'altra parte, malgrado le nostre continue richieste di provvedimenti seri, l'Unione europea ha deciso di fingere di sanzionare l'Iran, ma non lo ha fatto. Sappiamo che il Corpo delle guardie rivoluzionarie, attorno al quale girano tutti i business illegali del regime, che è molto attivo in Europa, conta quasi 200 000 membri attivi, ma l'Unione europea ne ha sanzionati solo 216. Non è oltraggioso per le vittime di quegli assassini e anche per la nostra intelligenza? L'unico lato positivo di questa triste situazione è che dobbiamo lodare tutti quegli uomini coraggiosi come Mohammad, che protestano per i diritti delle donne: sono la prima linea dei nostri valori e stanno ancora rischiando la vita.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Michaela Šojdrová
Political group: PPE
Country: Greece
Language: EN

Mr President, colleagues, on 16 September 2023, protests throughout multiple cities in Iran erupted to commemorate one year after Mahsa Amini’s death. One of the protesters was also Mohammad Ghobadlou. This was enough for the Iranian regime to execute him over the death of a local official during mass demonstrations. The death sentence was preceded by unfair trials marked by torture and abuse of his mental condition. The death sentence was preceded, as I said, and he is one of at least 54 people who have been executed during the last month. Iran must cease these inhuman practices and release all those on death row, as well as other political prisoners. Among them are also EU nationals Ahmad Reza Djalali and Johan Floderus. So, we condemn Iran’s brutal repression and call for an independent, transparent investigation.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Mick Wallace
Political group: The Left
Country: Germany
Language: EN

Mr President, I condemn the death penalty wherever it’s used, be it Iran, China, Saudi, the US, or anywhere else. But it would be possible to take the EU’s concern about capital punishment in Iran at face value if this was not the same week that you vetoed the discussion on the ICJ ruling against Israel. The UN’s highest court just ruled that the charge of genocide against Israel has merit, and you flatly refused to put this historic judgement on the agenda. You are showing us that the Muslim life is only valuable to you, to the extent that it can be used as a weapon against your geostrategic rivals. Otherwise, you’re happy to provide the weapons to murder them and cover up a genocide against them. Over 30 000 Palestinians have been murdered by the Israeli regime and we don’t even want to talk about it in here. The hypocrisy is terrible.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Herr Kollege, vor allem wenn Sie im „Catch the Eye“-Verfahren das Wort erhalten, sollten Sie sich schon an das Thema der Debatte halten.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Stanislav Polčák
Political group: PPE
Country: Czechia
Language: EN

Mr President, at least 360 prisoners have been executed since 7 October 2023 – the start of the war, which is clearly sponsored by the Iranian regime. The head of the snake, which is in Tehran, needs to create an external crisis because they cannot face the Iranian people’s uprising against the regime. Executions are their tactic to silence. Maryam Rajavi, leader of the Iranian opposition, has come here to the European Parliament many times and said we must condition any relations with the Iranian regime. After all these executions, is it not time? Every day we hear the name of many people who have been executed by the regime. While the regime keeps on killing, is the EU going to decide to take strong action? When will it designate IRGC as a terrorist entity?
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Clare Daly
Political group: The Left
Country: France
Language: EN

Mr President, like everybody else here, I think the death penalty is an abomination wherever it’s used – in Iran, in Saudi Arabia, in Alabama. I unreservedly oppose the boom of executions in Iran. The only acceptable number of executions anywhere is zero. Full stop! And in any other context, that would be all there would have to be to say on this subject. But we’re in the European Parliament, where human rights are weaponised and where the victims of human rights violations are only relevant where they can advance our interests or distract from our own crimes. Nobody in Europe enables Iranian executions. And how is this discussion going to help stop it? You’ve basically sanctioned everything there is there to sanction already. But we could stop and talk about the genocide in Israel, which we are enabling and which we could do something about. Can you not ask yourselves the question...
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Frau Kollegin Daly, Sie können sich bei mir in keiner Weise darüber beklagen, insbesondere Sie beide, dass Sie das Wort im „Catch-the-Eye“-Verfahren bekommen. Sie haben gerade mitbekommen, dass ich den Kollegen Wallace nicht zur Ordnung gerufen habe. Sie weichen wieder genauso vom Thema ab, deshalb rufe ich Sie jetzt zur Ordnung, und ich werde es auch in der Zukunft nicht mehr dulden. Und es wäre schön, wenn Sie sich das auch anhören würden.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Helena Dalli
Language: EN

This includes the widespread use of the death penalty in Iran, which we regularly address in our direct exchanges with the Iranian authorities as part of the EU’s comprehensive policy approach towards the country. The EU has publicly condemned Iran’s recent execution of Mohammad Ghobadlou after being arrested and sentenced to death in connection with the 2022 protests in Iran. This latest execution is part of an alarming trend in Iran, with more than 750 executions in 2023, representing a sharp increase from previous years, and including, in particular, individuals from ethnic minorities. The use of the death penalty as a tool of repression against protesters is yet another reminder of the deterioration of human rights in Iran. Fundamental rights such as freedom of opinion and expression must always be respected. Both privately and publicly, we continue to urge Iran to uphold its international obligations under international law, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Iran must guarantee the full range of fundamental rights for their citizens, irrespective of religion, belief or any other status. In line with its firmly established stance in multilateral fora, including the UN, the EU will spare no effort to urge Iran to pursue a consistent policy towards the abolition of the death penalty altogether. It is also imperative for the Iranian authorities to uphold the accused individuals’ due process rights and ensure that those who are under any form of detention or imprisonment are not subject to any form of mistreatment.
Debate: Increased number of executions in Iran, in particular the case of Mohammad Ghobadlou
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Die Aussprache ist geschlossen. Zum Abschluss der Aussprache wurden 6 Entschließungsanträge eingereicht. Die Abstimmung findet morgen, Donnerstag, den 8. Februar 2024, statt.
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Rainer Wieland
Country: Germany
Language: DE

Als nächster Punkt der Tagesordnung folgt die Aussprache über sieben Entschließungsanträge zu dem Thema „Jüngste Anschläge an Heiligabend im nigerianischen Bundesstaat Plateau“ (
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Karsten Lucke
Country: Spain
Language: DE

Viele Nomaden waren und sind gezwungen, vom Norden des Landes weiter in den Süden zu den sesshaften Bauern vorzudringen, dort, wo fruchtbares Land ist – und hier liegt das Grundübel dieses Konfliktes. Terroristen missbrauchen diesen Grundkonflikt und heizen ihn religiös und ideologisch auf. Daher: Wir müssen ran an die Ursachen des Konfliktes – gerade im globalen Süden –, Klimawandel bekämpfen und die Lebenslage der Menschen verbessern. Das adressiert diese Entschließung heute, und daran muss dringend gearbeitet werden.
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Pierrette Herzberger-Fofana
Country: Spain
Language: FR

Cependant, le mobile de cette attaque, d’une ampleur sans précédent, reste incertain, même si la plupart des victimes sont des chrétiens. Ces attaques ignobles perturbent la coexistence entre les communautés (éleveurs et agriculteurs). En effet, ces groupes armés ont des antécédents de tensions avec les agriculteurs chrétiens de la région. Ces violences, qui ont pour toile de fond l’accès à la terre, sont exacerbées par le changement climatique, les inégalités sociales et la pauvreté de plus en plus forte dans les milieux ruraux. Cette région est souvent le théâtre de tensions et de conflits meurtriers autour de l’exploitation de la terre et des ressources en eau entre communautés, aggravés ces dernières années par la pression démographique et par la dégradation de l’environnement, voire par le dérèglement climatique.  La succession de meurtres, suivis de représailles, a donné naissance dans la région à une forte criminalité et à la formation de gangs qui mènent des expéditions ciblées dans des villages, où ils pillent, tuent et enlèvent des personnes. Le cas de Boko Haram demeure vivace dans les mémoires: des jeunes filles ont été enlevées pour servir au repos du guerrier de leurs agresseurs. En réaction, des groupes d’autodéfense armés, souvent soutenus par les autorités locales et par l’armée, se sont constitués, eux-mêmes parfois accusés d’exactions. Ce climat d’insécurité s’étend dans plusieurs régions du Nord-Ouest et du centre du pays, qui sont la cible des bandits qui massacrent et kidnappent des personnes, pour lesquelles ils réclament des rançons afin de poursuivre leurs forfaits. Ces attaques sont de graves violations des droits de l’homme.
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Bert-Jan Ruissen
Country: France
Language: NL

Ik roep de Nigeriaanse autoriteiten op de daders op te pakken en te veroordelen, meer veiligheidsmaatregelen te treffen, de slachtoffers ruimhartig te compenseren en vrijheid van geloof te garanderen. Ook roep ik de Commissie en de hoge vertegenwoordiger op meer oog te hebben voor de ernst van toenemende christenvervolging. Niet alleen in Nigeria, maar ook elders in de wereld. Dat de hoge vertegenwoordiger eind december niet eens de moeite nam om de aanvallen te veroordelen, is wat dat betreft ronduit beschamend. De slachtoffers verdienen beter.
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Miguel Urbán Crespo
Country: Belgium
Language: ES

Todo ello es responsabilidad, evidentemente, de su Gobierno, pero no solo de él. También lo es de las políticas neocoloniales y de las empresas multinacionales que expolian el territorio. El conflicto histórico en la región de Plateau no es un conflicto religioso, como algunos pretenden disfrazarlo, sino una consecuencia directa de esta pobreza. Desde hace décadas, las disputas entre campesinos y pastores nómadas son en torno al acceso a la tierra y a las fuentes de agua, ambos recursos cada vez más escasos por los efectos de la crisis climática.  Por supuesto, exigimos al Gobierno nigeriano que proteja a la población civil en Plateau. Pero hay que ir más allá. Hay que asumir nuestras responsabilidades y analizar justamente el impacto de las políticas sobre el cambio climático en un país como Nigeria.
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: György Hölvényi
Political group: PPE
Country: Latvia
Language: HU

Sajnálatos, hogy a Külügyi Szolgálat részéről semmiféle érdemi reakciót nem láthattunk. Az Open Doors emberjogi szervezet adatai szerint Nigériában csak tavaly a dzsihadisták több mint ötezer áldozatából több mint négyezer keresztény volt. Mi, európaiak nem hunyhatunk szemet a keresztények elleni erőszak felett. Tinubu elnök decemberben arról beszélt, hogy a hadsereg biztosítani fogja a nigériai biztonságot. Várjuk meg, várjuk meg, hogy a szavakat tettek kövessék!
Debate: Recent attacks on Christmas Eve in Plateau State in Nigeria
Date: WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2024
Speaker: Carlos Zorrinho
Political group: S-D
Language: PT

As motivações que explicam o que ocorreu são complexas. Fatores religiosos, étnicos e territoriais somaram-se à pobreza endémica, à degradação ambiental, à escassez de recursos, qualificações e oportunidades para gerar um cenário de terror e sofrimento.  As autoridades da Nigéria têm que investir mais nas ações preventivas, na resposta de emergência e na identificação e no sancionamento dos culpados. E precisam também de apoio da comunidade internacional, um apoio integrado que conjugue a cooperação para o desenvolvimento com a ajuda humanitária, para consolidar caminhos de paz e de diálogo. Como relator permanente do Parlamento Europeu para a ajuda humanitária, apelo à União Europeia, em particular, que reforce a sua ação de suporte, tendo em conta o relatório recentemente aprovado nesta Câmara e que propõe vias de intervenção holística e integrada para prevenir e responder a catástrofes como a que hoje aqui debatemos.