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Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran

Human Rights84%★

Confidence: 84%

Assigned by: rule-based classifier

Evidence:

title/description contains "political prisoner"
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 193412Source: 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
✓Strong political group division
✓High participation
✓Many MEPs voted against their group

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Topic importance+0 / 15

Turnout+4 / 5

Vote type+25 / 25

Close vote+0 / 15

Legislative+15 / 15

Rebel votes+7 / 10

Group division+12 / 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 “Repression and execution of protesters, dissidents, political prisoners and religious minorities in Iran”. EPP, S&D, PfE, ECR, Renew, Greens-EFA and ESN voted mostly in favour, while NI voted mostly against. Left mostly abstained. The motion was adopted by a comfortable margin (516 for, 14 against, 39 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

516

Against

Abstain

Margin of victory

502 votes

Turnout (cast)

569

Absent

141

Participation rate

80.1%

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

By political group

EPP179 MEPs

For 137Against 1Abstain 0Absent 41

S&D135 MEPs

For 106Against 0Abstain 0Absent 29

PfE85 MEPs

For 68Against 0Abstain 2Absent 15

ECR82 MEPs

For 67Against 0Abstain 0Absent 15

Renew77 MEPs

For 66Against 0Abstain 0Absent 11

Greens/EFA51 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 1Absent 9

The Left45 MEPs

For 11Against 1Abstain 24Absent 9

ESN27 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 9Absent 3

NI29 MEPs

For 5Against 12Abstain 3Absent 9

Country angle

Most in favour

Germany77
France61
Italy50
Poland44
Spain41

Most against

None.

Divided delegations

Greece
Slovakia

Full breakdown by all countries

Austria19 MEPs

For 19Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Belgium22 MEPs

For 16Against 0Abstain 1Absent 5

Bulgaria16 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 1Absent 6

Croatia12 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Cyprus6 MEPs

For 0Against 0Abstain 0Absent 6

Czech Republic21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 0Absent 4

Denmark15 MEPs

For 15Against 0Abstain 0Absent 0

Estonia7 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Finland15 MEPs

For 10Against 0Abstain 0Absent 5

France80 MEPs

For 61Against 0Abstain 7Absent 12

Germany95 MEPs

For 77Against 4Abstain 7Absent 7

Greece21 MEPs

For 6Against 4Abstain 1Absent 10

Hungary18 MEPs

For 5Against 0Abstain 1Absent 12

Ireland14 MEPs

For 12Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Italy76 MEPs

For 50Against 0Abstain 8Absent 18

Latvia9 MEPs

For 8Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

Lithuania11 MEPs

For 9Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Luxembourg6 MEPs

For 4Against 0Abstain 1Absent 1

Malta5 MEPs

For 1Against 0Abstain 0Absent 4

Netherlands30 MEPs

For 27Against 0Abstain 0Absent 3

Poland53 MEPs

For 44Against 1Abstain 4Absent 4

Portugal21 MEPs

For 16Against 1Abstain 1Absent 3

Romania33 MEPs

For 23Against 0Abstain 0Absent 10

Slovakia15 MEPs

For 5Against 3Abstain 2Absent 5

Slovenia9 MEPs

For 7Against 0Abstain 0Absent 2

Spain60 MEPs

For 41Against 0Abstain 4Absent 15

Sweden21 MEPs

For 20Against 0Abstain 0Absent 1

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