EU lawmakers slam Iran's rights abuses on women

By Agence France-Presse

Nov 25, 2023 12:02 am

Strasbourg, France: The European Parliament on Thursday condemned Iran's rights abuses against women, including 'brutal murders', and its detention of EU nationals.

A non-binding resolution slammed the 'deterioration of the human rights situation in Iran, and the brutal murders of women by the Iranian authorities, including the 2023 Sakharov Prize laureate Jina Mahsa Amini,' a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd who died last year in police custody.

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