Another debate. Another resolution on Iran.

And in the meantime?

People are being killed in the streets. Arrested in their homes. Cut off from the world.

Let us stop pretending.

What is happening in Iran is not instability. It is systematic oppression. A regime using fear as governance. A justice system turned into a weapon. Internet blackouts imposed to silence a nation. Executions used to intimidate a generation.

How many more must die before we act?

This is not about foreign interference. It is about a young society, mostly born after 1979, saying clearly and courageously: we want a future. Women. Youth. Workers. Ethnic and religious minorities. A diverse nation demanding dignity.

Europe and the United States helped shape the geopolitical reality in the region. We cannot now retreat into caution. When a state turns its power against its own people, the international community has a responsibility to protect. Not as a slogan, but as a duty.

The European Parliament has spoken clearly. By a large majority, we adopted a resolution demanding accountability, international investigations, targeted sanctions against those responsible for killings and repression, and decisive action to end impunity.

After sustained pressure from Parliament, the long overdue designation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation has finally moved forward. This is not symbolic. The IRGC is central to repression inside Iran and destabilisation beyond its borders. Consequences matter.

But let us be clear. You do not negotiate with a regime that kills its own people to stay in power. There is no peace with executioners. Stability built on fear is not stability at all.

The European Union must engage with those who represent Iran’s future, not those clinging to power through violence.

Europe cannot be cautious while people are being executed.

The time of the regime is up.
The time for change is now.

And I will continue to raise this voice, for as long as it takes.