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Source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20201211IPR93641/human-rights-breaches-in-china-iran-and-egypt

EU Parliament Seeks Sanctions on Iran for Killing Dissidents

(European Parliament) The European Parliament voted 614-12 on Thursday to condemn the recent executions in Iran of France-based journalist Ruhollah Zam, editor of the Amad News Telegram channel, and champion wrestler Navid Afkari, while urging Iran to immediately halt the imminent execution of Swedish-Iranian academic Ahmadreza Djalali. The resolution demands targeted EU measures against Iranian officials who have committed serious human rights violations, including the recent executions, as well as against those involved in gross human rights abuses, such as judges who have handed the death sentence to journalists, human rights defenders, political dissidents and activists.

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