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Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran

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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Human Rights64%

Confidence: 64%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "repression"

Reviewed: no

Methodology: topic-rules-v0.1

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Vote ID 182317Source: 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
✓Many 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+7 / 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 “Escalating repression of the Baha’is in Iran”. EPP, S&D, PfE, Renew, ECR, Greens-EFA, Left and ESN voted mostly in favour. NI mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (549 for, 7 against, 31 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

549

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

542 votes

Turnout (cast)

587

Absent

132

Participation rate

81.6%

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

By political group

EPP185 MEPs

For 153Against 0Abstain 0Absent 32

S&D135 MEPs

For 112Against 0Abstain 0Absent 23

PfE84 MEPs

For 63Against 0Abstain 2Absent 19

Renew78 MEPs

For 65Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

ECR82 MEPs

For 62Against 0Abstain 0Absent 20

Greens/EFA53 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

The Left45 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 10Absent 12

NI29 MEPs

For 7Against 5Abstain 13Absent 4

ESN27 MEPs

For 14Against 2Abstain 5Absent 6

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany72
France68
Italy50
Spain47
Poland43

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

None notably divided.

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria20 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Bulgaria17 MEPs

For 13Against 1Abstain 1Absent 2

Croatia12 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 2Against 0Abstain 1Absent 3

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 18Against 0Abstain 2Absent 1

Denmark15 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Estonia7 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Finland15 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

France81 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Germany96 MEPs

For 72Against 4Abstain 3Absent 17

Greece21 MEPs

For 13Against 0Abstain 5Absent 3

Hungary21 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 0Absent 14

Ireland14 MEPs

For 11Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 7Absent 19

Latvia9 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 6Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Malta6 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Netherlands31 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Poland53 MEPs

For 43Against 0Abstain 4Absent 6

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

Romania33 MEPs

For 31Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 6Against 1Abstain 6Absent 2

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Spain60 MEPs

For 47Against 0Abstain 0Absent 13

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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