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Removed:Whereas thousands of people arbitrarily detained are at serious risk of torture and other ill-treatment, including sexual violence; whereas many are being denied fair trials and could face long prison sentences or the death penalty; Whereas many are reportedly detained in military barracks or unregistered locations whereas detention without official registration greatly increases the risk of torture and other ill-treatment;

Added:C. whereas tens of thousands of arbitrary arrests have been made, with the true scale underreported; whereas detainees are held without access to lawyers, family or adequate medical care, and are subjected to torture, ill-treatment through sleep deprivation and other abuses, and coerced confessions;

Removed:Whereas arrested individuals include citizens, journalists, medical workers, lawyers, and even minors;

Added:D. whereas the documented acts meet the threshold for crimes against humanity;

Removed:Whereas Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was recently sentenced to six years in a new sham trial; whereas she was arrested on 12 December alongside other activists after speaking at a ceremony honouring a lawyer found dead; whereas she launched a hunger strike to protest her prolonged illegal detention, deplorable conditions, and denial of contact with her family and lawyers;

Added:E. whereas the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) plays a central role in the repression, operating with impunity; whereas the EU has designated the IRGC as a terrorist organisation;

Removed:Whereas in 2025, Iran carried out its highest number of executions in decades;

Added:1. Expresses solidarity with the Iranian people and reaffirms that they are the sole legitimate source of sovereignty in Iran;

Removed:Whereas the regime pursues its shameless use of hostage diplomacy;

Added:2. Deplores the regime’s systematic use of arbitrary detention, torture, extrajudicial killings and the death penalty as instruments of repression; calls for the immediate abolition of the death penalty;

Removed:Expresses once more its heartfelt condolences to the families of all victims;

Added:3. Calls on the regime to halt all violence against civilians, stop all executions and end the repression; demands the release of all persons in arbitrary detention, including foreign and dual nationals;

Removed:Calls on Iranian authorities to cease the use of lethal force against peaceful protesters;

Added:4. Urges the authorities to stop targeting doctors and healthcare workers for treating injured protesters;

Removed:Stands with the Iranian people in their legitimate struggle for their right to decide their political future ;

Added:5. Calls for atrocities to be independently documented by UN bodies and for evidence to be preserved for future prosecutions; stresses the need for accountability through international judicial mechanisms, including for the UN Security Council to refer Iran to the ICC;

Removed:Demands to release all political detainees and all those detained for peacefully exercising their human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly;

Added:6. Deplores the regime’s targeting of protesters, activists, journalists, human rights defenders, foreign and dual nationals, women, minorities and communities, including Kurds, Baluchis, Ahwazi Arabs, Baha’is and Christians among others; calls for the release of those detained solely for their ethnicity or religious beliefs;

Removed:Condemns unequivocally the use of arbitrary detention, torture, inhumane prison conditions and disproportionate sentences ;

Added:7. Urges the Council and the Member States to expand targeted sanctions, including asset freezes and travel bans, against those responsible for the abuses, including IRGC members and political leaders, prosecutors, and prison and security officials, and to enforce the sanctions and prevent circumvention;

Removed:Calls on the Irani authorities to promptly disclose the fate and whereabouts of all individuals who have been forcibly disappeared and grant them access to their lawyers and families;

Added:8. Condemns the oppression of women and calls for the immediate release of all women in detention, especially Nobel Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi;

Removed:Calls for lawyers, international observers and humanitarian organizations like the Red Cross, to be granted unhindered access to all those detained ;

Added:9. Condemns Iranian authorities’ deliberate use of hostage diplomacy; urges the EU and its Member States to develop a counter-strategy to assist detainees’ families and prevent further hostage-taking;

Removed:Firmly condemns the sharp rise in the use of the death penalty; reiterates its strong opposition to the use of the death penalty ; urges to introduce a moratorium as a first step towards the abolition of capital punishment;

Added:10. Calls for the EU and its Member States to provide protection and humanitarian assistance to people facing a serious risk to life, and to support solutions to restore internet access;

Removed:Urges independent international investigation and monitoring, including through full cooperation with the United Nations Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran and other relevant United Nations mechanisms, to document violations, collect evidence and enable accountability ;

Added:11. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the Member States, the UN and the Iranian authorities.

Removed:Calls on the EU and its Member States to scale up technical and financial support for secure digital access ;

Removed:Reminds the importance of free and fair electoral procedures in line with international standards and respectful of the will of the Iranian people;.

Removed:Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the EU institutions, Member States, and the Irani authorities.