The National Assembly unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday in “support for the Iranian people”, condemning in particular the restriction of women’s freedoms and rights. The Renaissance deputy Hadrien Ghomi, himself a descendant of Iranians, called for “send a strong message» by the vote of this majority text, on the menu of a week dedicated to parliamentary initiatives. He collected the votes of the 149 voting deputies, to the applause of the entire hemicycle.
“women, life, freedom“: Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna recalled the slogan chanted in the demonstrations in Iran and the “more than 400 lives cut“. The situation “command to act, with responsibility“, she said, indicating that after already two packages of sanctions taken at European level, “new sanctions are in preparation for the next Council of Foreign Ministers on December 12“.
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The resolution “condemns in the strongest terms the brutal and widespread repression” with regard to “non-violent protesters», «denounces the use of torture” and “affirms its support for the Iranian people in their aspiration to democracy and respect for their rights and fundamental freedoms“. In addition, the text “calls for the immediate release of French nationals arbitrarily detained», seven in number.
All the political groups welcomed the fact that this resolution, “certainly symbolic», «send a message of solidarity” for “a people (who) act for a democratic alternative“, in the words of the boss of the communist deputies André Chassaigne. Meyer Habib (LR), however, deplored a text “colorless and very pale“, who “lack of courage” doing “the Iranian nuclear standoff, state terrorism, totalitarianism“. He had prepared his own resolution which was to be debated on Thursday but ultimately will not be.
Angélique Ranc (RN) for her part regretted that “France is again and again asking for help from the European Union“. Iran is the scene of a protest movement sparked on September 16 by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd arrested by morality police for violating the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code. The authorities denounce these protests as “riotsencouraged by the West.