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Support Iranian people's protests

Written declaration No. 753 | Doc. 15634 | 12 October 2022

Signatories:
Mr Paulo PISCO, Portugal, SOC ; Ms Boriana ÅBERG, Sweden, EPP/CD ; Ms Nerea AHEDO, Spain, ALDE ; Ms Isabel ALVES MOREIRA, Portugal, SOC ; Ms Tonia ANTONIAZZI, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Gergely ARATÓ, Hungary, SOC ; Mr Viorel-Riceard BADEA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Ms Theodora BAKOYANNIS, Greece, EPP/CD ; Ms Romilda BALDACCHINO ZARB, Malta, SOC ; Ms Marina BERLINGHIERI, Italy, SOC ; Ms Larysa BILOZIR, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Marek BOROWSKI, Poland, EPP/CD ; Mr Bob De BRABANDERE, Belgium, EC/DA ; Mr Larry BROCK, Canada ; Mr Maurizio BUCCARELLA, Italy, SOC ; Mr Iulian BULAI, Romania, ALDE ; Ms Naomi CACHIA, Malta, SOC ; Ms Laura CASTEL, Spain, UEL ; Mr Pedro CEGONHO, Portugal, SOC ; Mr Anastasios CHATZIVASILEIOU, Greece, EPP/CD ; Mr Alexander CHRISTIANSSON, Sweden, EC/DA ; Ms Mireille CLAPOT, France, ALDE ; Mr Titus CORLĂŢEAN, Romania, SOC ; Mr Botond CSOMA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Ms Natalia DAVIDOVICI, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Geraint DAVIES, United Kingdom, SOC ; Ms Sabrina DE CARLO, Italy, SOC ; Ms Khatia DEKANOIDZE, Georgia, EPP/CD ; Mr Percy DOWNE, Canada ; Ms Christiana EROTOKRITOU, Cyprus, SOC ; Mr Joseph Beppe FENECH ADAMI, Malta, EPP/CD ; Lord George FOULKES, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Bernard FOURNIER, France, EPP/CD ; Mr Thibaut FRANÇOIS, France, EC/DA ; Ms Béatrice FRESKO-ROLFO, Monaco, ALDE ; Mr Pierre-Alain FRIDEZ, Switzerland, SOC ; Mr Erkin GADIRLI, Azerbaijan, EC/DA ; Ms Cressida GALEA, Malta, SOC ; Mr Gerardo GIOVAGNOLI, San Marino, SOC ; Mr Joël GIRAUD, France, ALDE ; Ms Blerina GJYLAMETI, Albania, SOC ; Mr Oleksii GONCHARENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Lord Leslie GRIFFITHS, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Ion GROZA, Republic of Moldova, EPP/CD ; Mr Antonio GUTIÉRREZ LIMONES, Spain, SOC ; Mr Alfred HEER, Switzerland, ALDE ; Ms Nicole HÖCHST, Germany, EC/DA ; Ms Inka HOPSU, Finland, SOC ; Ms Maria-Gabriela HORGA, Romania, EPP/CD ; Mr Laurent JACOBELLI, France, EC/DA ; Ms Maria JUFEREVA-SKURATOVSKI, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Dimitrios KAIRIDIS, Greece, EPP/CD ; Mr Yuriy KAMELCHUK, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Olena KHOMENKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, Finland, SOC ; Ms Iryna KONSTANKEVICH, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Yevheniia KRAVCHUK, Ukraine, ALDE ; Ms Stephanie KRISPER, Austria, ALDE ; Mr Eerik-Niiles KROSS, Estonia, ALDE ; Mr Christophe LACROIX, Belgium, SOC ; Ms Hélène LAPORTE, France, EC/DA ; Sir Edward LEIGH, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Sir Tony LLOYD, United Kingdom, SOC ; Mr Pere LÓPEZ, Andorra, SOC ; Ms María Valentina MARTÍNEZ FERRO, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Oleksandr MEREZHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Mariia MEZENTSEVA, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Ms Dumitrina MITREA, Romania, EC/DA ; Ms Marica MONTEMAGGI, San Marino, SOC ; Mr Sorin-Titus MUNCACIU, Romania, EC/DA ; Mr Dmytro NATALUKHA, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Mr Marco NICOLINI, San Marino, UEL ; Ms Fiona O'LOUGHLIN, Ireland, ALDE ; Ms Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN, Netherlands, EPP/CD ; Ms Yuliia OVCHYNNYKOVA, Ukraine, ALDE ; Mr Ian PAISLEY, United Kingdom, EC/DA ; Mr George PAPANDREOU, Greece, SOC ; Mr Bob van PAREREN, Netherlands, EC/DA ; Ms Foteini PIPILI, Greece, EPP/CD ; Ms Catia POLIDORI, Italy, EPP/CD ; Mr Dean PREMIK, Slovenia, ALDE ; Mr Thomas PRINGLE, Ireland, UEL ; Ms Mónica QUINTELA, Portugal, EPP/CD ; Mr Roberto RAMPI, Italy, SOC ; Mr Urmas REITELMANN, Estonia, EC/DA ; Mr Alberto RIBOLLA, Italy, EC/DA ; Ms Maria RIZZOTTI, Italy, EPP/CD ; Mr Gonzalo ROBLES, Spain, EPP/CD ; Mr Stefan SCHENNACH, Austria, SOC ; Ms Lise SELNES, Norway, SOC ; Mr Krzysztof ŚMISZEK, Poland, SOC ; Mr Bruno STUDER, France, ALDE ; Mr Evripidis STYLIANIDIS, Greece, EPP/CD ; Mr Pavlo SUSHKO, Ukraine, EC/DA ; Ms Liliana TANGUY, France, ALDE ; Mr Nicos TORNARITIS, Cyprus, EPP/CD ; Mr Morten WOLD, Norway, EC/DA ; Ms Yelyzaveta YASKO, Ukraine, EPP/CD ; Mr Emanuelis ZINGERIS, Lithuania, EPP/CD ; Mr Barna Pál ZSIGMOND, Hungary, EC/DA

We, the undersigned, declare the following:

Since mid-September, the new wave of uprisings was sparked when Mahsa Amini, 22-year-old woman, was arrested in Tehran under the pretext of mal-veiling and brutally murdered by the repressive forces. Protests and uprisings have spread all over Iran to more than 170 major cities in all 31 provinces and 45 universities. Repressive Guards (IRGC) fire live ammunition at protesters. It is reported over 400 protestors have been killed and 20 000 arrested. They have been chanting: "Down with Khamenei", "Down with dictator", seeking overthrow of the regime.

By disrupting the Internet, the regime is preventing dissemination of their atrocities, news, and images of protests.

Resistance Units and network of PMOI/MEK play a vital role in mobilising, spreading and continuing the protests across Iran.

Over the last 43 years, 120 000 political activists have been executed. Amnesty International has repeatedly called for prosecution of Ebrahim Raisi for his role in the massacre of political prisoners in 1988. According to reports 30 000 were executed, 90% of whom were Mujahedin (PMOI/MEK) supporters. In November 2019 uprisings, 1500 protesters were killed by the IRGC

We call on the European member States and the international community to:

  • strongly condemn killing and arrests of the protesters. The regime’s officials responsible must be sanctioned and face justice;
  • recognise the right of Iranian people to resist repression and to defend themselves;
  • provide free access to Internet for the Iranian people.