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Iran

Decisions: 8 on 8 sitting days
Outcomes: 8 adopted · 0 rejected
Period: 28 Nov 2024 – 21 May 2026
Found by: A model, not checked by hand

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Kind: Country situation
Status: Active
Last 90 days: 0 decisions
Roll-call votes: 7
By kind: Resolutions 8

Kind: Country situation
Status: Active
Last 90 days: 0 decisions
Roll-call votes: 7
By kind: Resolutions 8

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The political and human rights situation in Iran, including protests, executions and repression.

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Decisions, 8

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

**Effect**: what the decision did. **Final vote**: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
Date	Decision	Kind	Effect	Final vote
21 May 2026	Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran	Resolutions	Adopted	516 for, 14 against, 39 abstained by roll call
12 Feb 2026	Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran	Resolutions	Adopted	524 for, 3 against, 41 abstained by roll call
22 Jan 2026	Brutal repression against protesters in Iran	Resolutions	Adopted	562 for, 9 against, 57 abstained by roll call
27 Nov 2025	Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran	Resolutions	Adopted	549 for, 7 against, 31 abstained by roll call
19 Jun 2025	Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran	Resolutions	Adopted	486 for, 8 against, 29 abstained by roll call
3 Apr 2025	Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani	Resolutions	Adopted	show of hands — no count
23 Jan 2025	Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages	Resolutions	Adopted	556 for, 6 against, 42 abstained by roll call
28 Nov 2024	The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran	Resolutions	Adopted	562 for, 2 against, 30 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 8

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

**Decisions**: decisions on the dossier counted here. **Latest decision**: its date and outcome.
Dossier	Decisions	Latest decision
Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran 2026-2733	Decisions1	21 May 2026 · Adopted
Systemic oppression, inhumane conditions and arbitrary detentions by the regime in Iran 2026-2612	Decisions1	12 Feb 2026 · Adopted
Brutal repression against protesters in Iran 2026-2565	Decisions1	22 Jan 2026 · Adopted
Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran 2025-2987	Decisions1	27 Nov 2025 · Adopted
Case of Ahmadreza Djalali in Iran 2025-2753	Decisions1	19 Jun 2025 · Adopted
Execution spree in Iran and the confirmation of the death sentences of activists Behrouz Ehsani and Mehdi Hassani 2025-2628	Decisions1	3 Apr 2025 · Adopted
Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages 2025-2511	Decisions1	23 Jan 2025 · Adopted
The increasing and systematic repression of women in Iran 2024-2951	Decisions1	28 Nov 2024 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 7 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a **clear line** = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). **For / Against / Abstained**: its clear line. **Divided**: no clear line. **With the outcome**: votes where its majority line matched the result. **Votes**: finals the group voted on.
Group	For	Against	Abstained	Divided	With the outcome	Votes
The Left	For5	Against0	Abst.1	Divided1	With outcome6	of7
Greens	For7	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome7	of7
S&D	For7	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome7	of7
Renew	For7	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome7	of7
EPP	For7	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome7	of7
ECR	For7	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome7	of7
Patriots	For7	Against0	Abst.0	Divided0	With outcome7	of7
ESN	For0	Against0	Abst.4	Divided3	With outcome3	of7

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

Topic Foreign affairs Ukraine, the Middle East, China, enlargement, human rights abroad.
Topic Jobs, social affairs & equality Workers’ rights, social protection, equality, education and culture.

Running issues

Issue Detention of EU citizens abroad Running issue · EU initiative 22 Jan 2026
Issue Religious freedom Running issue · EU initiative 9 Jul 2026

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/iran
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “Iran”. Running issue, 21 May 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/iran (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

BibTeX

@misc{epw-issue-iran,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{Iran}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-05-21},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/iran}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/iran},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}