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Removedwhereas the Iranian government has for years engaged in a mass state-sponsored campaign to incite hatred and violence against the Baha’is; whereas several weeks ago, the government has confiscated the livelihoods of the Baha’is in Isfahan, in a gross misuse of Article 49 of the Iranian Constitution; whereas at least 35 Baha’is have been arrested, detained, sentenced, or imprisoned since the beginning of September 2025, marking a clear escalation in the Iranian authorities’ persecution of the community;

AddedD. whereas authorities have desecrated Baha’i cemeteries, including in Tehran, Ahvaz, Rafsanjan, Kerman and Hamadan;

Removedwhereas many violations concerning religious minorities in Iran in recent years explicitly targeted Baha’i women including Leila Adalati and Nahid Behrouzi, as well as six other women sentenced on grounds of “organizing illegal Baha’i classes and groups”; whereas many men including Afshin Heyratian und Farhad Fahandej were also targeted;

Added1. Strongly condemns the escalating persecution of the Baha’i community and systemic suppression of all religious and ethnic minorities and women; calls on Iran to immediately cease all discrimination, harassment, detention, property confiscation and fundamental rights violations;

RemovedStrongly condemns the Iranian authorities’ systematic persecution of Baha’is and women in particular; urges them to recognize Baha’is as a religious minority, to end all discriminatory policies and guarantee them full legal and constitutional protection;

Added2. Urges Iran to immediately release all individuals detained for their religion or belief and defending human rights, and on faith-related blasphemy or national security charges, and to cease harassment and violence against religious communities;

RemovedCalls on the Iranian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release all Baha’i members held on bogus charges, to halt the confiscation of Baha’i property, return them to their rightful owners, provide restitutions to those victimized and to repeal discriminatory policies denying Baha’is access to education, employment and pensions;

Added3. Expresses deep concern over the targeting of Baha’i women, facing religious and gender-based persecution and accounting for two thirds of Baha’is imprisoned;

RemovedCalls on the EU and its Member States to impose targeted human-rights sanctions, including asset freezes and visa bans, on Iranian judges, prosecutors and intelligence officials credibly implicated in the persecution of Baha’is;

Added4. Demands that the Iranian authorities overturn the convictions of Fariba Kamalabadi, Roya Sabet, Anisa Fanaian, Leila Adalati, Nahid Behrouzi, Mahvash Sabet and the six Baha’i women in Hamadan, Zarrindokht Ahadzadeh, Farideh Ayyoubi, Noura Ayyoubi, Neda Mohebbi, Jaleh Rezaie, and Atefeh Zahedi; calls for the release of Afshin Heyratian and Farhad Fahandej;

RemovedReiterates its call on the Council to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation and extend EU sanctions on its members.

Added5. Firmly condemns the rise in executions in Iran; reiterates its strong opposition to the death penalty and urges Iran to halt its use as a tool of political and religious repression;

RemovedEmphasises that EU-Iran engagements must be founded on tangible progress on democracy, the rule of law, human rights and the release of all political, religious and other prisoners of conscience;

Added6. Strongly condemns the desecration, destruction and confiscation of Baha’i cemeteries and obstruction of funeral rites;

RemovedCalls on the EU to strengthen its monitoring of religious freedom in Iran and provide support to civil society documenting the situation;

Added7. Urges Iran to repeal the 1991 Memorandum and allow Baha’is access to education, employment and basic services and to halt property confiscations, return all seized assets and provide legal remedies and compensation to victims;

RemovedInstructs its President to forward this resolution to the Government of Iran, the VP/HR, the Commission, the Member States and the United Nations.

Added8. Calls for the EU and Member States to raise the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran, notably religious freedom violations, in all dialogue with Iran, and to impose sanctions on Iranian judges, prosecutors and intelligence officers persecuting Baha’is;

Added9. Reiterates its call on the Council to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation and extend EU sanctions to all its members and those responsible for human rights violations;

Added10. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the VP/HR, the governments and parliaments of the Member States, the Islamic Consultative Assembly, the Office of the President and the Office of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.