18 Amendments of Ana GOMES related to 2010/2050(INI)
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5
Citation 5
– having regard to the statement of 23 September 2010 by the spokesperson of the High Representative condemning the bombing in Mahabad, Iran,
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 8
Citation 8
– having regard to the Statement of the spokesperson of the High Representative of 16 July 2010 condemning the attacks in Iran,
Amendment 37 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the fundamental human rights of Iranians – right to life, to freedom of expression and association, and to be free from arbitrary arrest, detention and torture, torture, and to be free from all forms of discrimination – continue to be violated with impunity,
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Iran has repeatedly denied access to its nuclear facilities to IAEA inspectors, hampering the type of unrestricted inspections thatstill to comply with its obligations under all relevant UNSC Resolutions, namely its latest Resolution 1929, and all the requirements of the IAEA Board of Governors - which point to full and unconditional access by the Agency to all sites, equipment, people and documents that would allow for proper inspection of Iran's nuclear purposes and would enable the IAEA to fulfill its role as nuclear watchdog,
Amendment 53 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas Iran has problematic relations with almost allsome of its neighbours; whereas especially Israel and the Gulf region feel intimidated by Iran's aggressive and targeted rhetoric and its ongoing nuclear programme,
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas there has been a remarkable deepening of relations between Iran and Turkey, and whereas Iran is using its state and non-state allies Syria,, namely Hezbollah and Hamas, to destabilise the region,
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that popular discontent and disenchantment with the Iranian government as a result of the grave socio- economic situation combined with an absence of liberty and basic respect for human dignity within Iran represent the main challenge to the regime’s survival;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Points out that although President Ahmadinejad was elected in 2005 on a platform of social justice and economic populism, Iran’s domestic problems have continued to deteriorate despite burgeoning oil prices; deploregrets, therefore, President Ahmadinejad’s aim of shoring up his political position at home by embracing a radical international agenda with the expectation that a stridently anti-Western, anti-Israel stance will enhance Iran’s leadership position in the Muslim world;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Deplores the fact that Iran often applies the death penalty, which constitutes a violation of the basic human right that is the right to life enshrined in international human rights law; further regrets that in order to enforce capital punishment Iran resorts to the most barbaric methods such as stoning; regrets, too, that the death penalty is imposed on juveniles and on people punished for their sexual orientation; further calls upon Iran to issue official statistics concerning the application of the death penalty;
Amendment 135 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Is horrifiappalled by the fact that shooting into demonstrating crowds was considered acceptable by the security forces from the night of 15 June 2009 on, as shown in video footage; urges the EU institutions to present to the Iranian authorities a detailed list of all known incidents/violent actions against Iranian civilians in the aftermath of the election and insist that there be an honest judiciindependent international investigation;
Amendment 139 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges Iran to put an end to all forms of discrimination in the country; is concerned with the discrimination and political and social repression particularly affecting women in Iran; calls on the Iranian authorities to stop discriminating against people on the basis of their sexual orientation;
Amendment 197 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Urges official representatives of the EU and its Member States to remind Iran of its international obligation to uphold the freedom of the media; calls on the EU and its Member States, when meeting their Iranian counterparts, to insist on the re- opening of the many daily newspapers closed down in recent years, as well as the release of political prisoners, by presenting lists of names in both cases; urges the Commission to ensure that Euronews, broadcasting in Farsi, starts as soon as possible;
Amendment 209 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Expresses its disappointment atCondemns the continuing refusal by Iran to fully cooperate with the IAEA by obstructing the IAEA's work, denying full and unconditional access to key nuclear facilities and vetoingillegitimately objecting to the appointment of inspectors; calls on the Iranian leadership to fulfil Iran's obligations under the NPT; demands that Teheran ratify and implement the Additional Protocol on the Safeguards Agreement;
Amendment 248 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Rejects fiercely the desire expressedCondemns the vow by the Iranian leadership to "wipe out" Israel; also fiercely, rejects the anti-Semitic rhetoric of the Iranian president, especially his denial of the Holocaust and his underlying agenda of denying legitimizing the Israeli state; calls on the EU institutions to safeguard the existence of the Jewish stateacy to the state of Israel;
Amendment 274 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22
Paragraph 22
22. Expresses its concerns on the remarkable deepening of relations between Iran and EU accession candidate Turkey; asks the Council and the Commission to discuss the Turkish attitude towards Iran with their counterparts in Ankara; calls on the Turkish authorities to follow the EuropeaAsks the Council and the Commission to discuss with Turkey a common approach towards the Irani an nuclear threat; calls on the EU institutions to do their utmost to sever the lines between Teheran and Syria, Hezbollah and Hamasd in particular concerning the Iranian nuclear programme;
Amendment 294 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23
Paragraph 23
23. Calls on the Council and the Commission to closely attune their policiesonsult on action towards Iran with Washington, Moscow, Beijing and all relevant global and regional actors;
Amendment 300 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Calls on the Commission to consider opening an EU Delegation in Tehran, in the framework of the new European External Action Service;