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"Madam President, the European Parliament has repeatedly raised the issue of human rights violations in Iran. The political system in Iran does not comply with internationally agreed standards concerning fundamental human rights and political freedom.
In particular, we condemn the application of the death penalty to young offenders and the threatened application of the death penalty to juveniles in that country. The authorities in Iran impose severe restrictions on the media. These restrictions include censorship of the Internet, which is one of the few sources of independent information available in Iran. We are concerned that further arrests of Internet bloggers and Internet users have taken place.
We appeal in the first instance to the Iranian Parliament to act in defence of freedom of the media and freedom of expression by the Iranian people both in traditional publications and on the Internet.
We condemn the treatment meted out to the Kurdish people by the Iranian authorities. National minorities are guaranteed certain political freedoms under international conventions, but the Kurds are unable to enjoy these in Iran.
Iran’s infringement of international arrangements on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction has caused particular alarm. We support the IAEA in calling for the matter of Iran’s nuclear programme to be referred to the UN Security Council. Tehran must publish all the documents relating to its nuclear programme. This is especially important because in view of the undemocratic conditions prevailing in Iran, the international community has strong reason to suspect that Iran’s nuclear ambitions may not be exclusively peaceful.
The European Union cannot condone a situation in which an undemocratic country continues to pursue a nuclear programme that could result in the manufacture of an atomic bomb."@en1
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