← Votes·2025-01-23

Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages

Human Rights84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "human rights"
title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Foreign Affairs75%

Confidence: 75%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title contains non-EU country "iran"

Reviewed: yes

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 171607Source: official EP roll-call records

Official roll-call results (EP minutes) ↗

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Importance Score

High importance

Why this vote stands out:

✓Main vote
✓Legislative procedure
✓High-interest topic: Human Rights
✓Some political group division
✓High participation
✓Some MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+10 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+4 / 10

Group division+10 / 15

Country division+0 / 15

Methodology: importance-v0.1 · The Importance Score is a prioritisation indicator. It does not judge whether a vote is good or bad.

What was this vote about?

This vote concerned “Systematic repression of human rights in Iran, notably the cases of Pakhshan Azizi and Wrisha Moradi, and the taking of EU citizens as hostages”. EPP, S&D, Renew, ECR, PfE, Greens-EFA and Left voted mostly in favour. NI and ESN mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (556 for, 6 against, 42 abstentions).

Automated summary generated from official vote metadata and observed voting patterns. Not a legal interpretation.

Why it matters

This is a main (final) vote on a dossier — the decisive moment where the European Parliament adopts or rejects a legislative or political text. These are the votes that most directly shape EU law and policy, and the ones citizens and journalists should watch most closely.

Result analysis

For

556

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

550 votes

Turnout (cast)

604

Absent

116

Participation rate

83.9%

✓This was not a close vote — the margin was comfortable.

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 162Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

S&D135 MEPs

For 117Against 3Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew79 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

ECR82 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 1Absent 16

PfE81 MEPs

For 59Against 0Abstain 1Absent 21

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

The Left45 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 2Absent 13

NI30 MEPs

For 5Against 1Abstain 18Absent 6

ESN26 MEPs

For 1Against 2Abstain 19Absent 4

Country angle

Most in favour

France69
Germany66
Italy61
Spain52
Poland46

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Belgium22 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 3Absent 4

Croatia12 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 3Against 0Abstain 1Absent 2

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 2Absent 5

Denmark15 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 1Absent 6

Estonia7 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Finland15 MEPs

For 14Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

France82 MEPs

For 69Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 66Against 1Abstain 18Absent 11

Greece21 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 2Absent 7

Hungary21 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 15

Ireland14 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Italy76 MEPs

For 61Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Latvia9 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 30Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Poland53 MEPs

For 46Against 0Abstain 4Absent 3

Portugal21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 1Absent 0

Romania33 MEPs

For 21Against 0Abstain 2Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 7Against 1Abstain 6Absent 1

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 52Against 1Abstain 0Absent 7

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Individual MEP positions

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