Der ELDR-Council in Rom hat angesichts der Situation im Iran einstimmig neue Sanktionen gegen das iranische Regime gefordert und zu Maßnahmen auf EU-Ebene aufgerufen, die die Herrschenden, nicht aber die Bevölkerung treffen. Im besonderen wurde die Hohe Beauftragte aufgefordert, ihrer Rolle gerecht zu werden und zu einer entsprechenden Reaktion auf die Unterdrückung der Bevölkerung und die Verweigerung der Zusammenarbeit mit der internationalen Staatengemeinschaft hinsichtlich der nuklearen Bedrohung zusammenzuarbeiten und generell auf Atomwaffen zu verzichten.
Hier der Text der Resolution im Wortlaut:
The Situation in Iran
Urgency resolution by the ELDR Party
The European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party, convening in Rome, Italy on 12th March 2010:
- Having regard to:
- - Previous statements on Iran from the ELDR Party and the EU
- - The suppression of the Iranian people by its government
- - The continuous Iranian delay to fulfil international demands on their nuclear activities
- The ELDR Party:
- Strongly condemns media censorship and the use of violence by the authorities against demonstrators that are seeking to exercise their freedom of expression and right to peaceful assembly
- Calls for the immediate release of people detained for peacefully exercising their rights to free expression;
- Calls on the authorities to investigate and prosecute government officials and members of the security forces responsible for the killing, abusing, and torturing dissidents or their family members, demonstrators and detainees;
- Deplores the fact that the Iranian Government has again rejected all attempts to compromise over the nuclear issue;
- Asks the EU High Representative for Foreign relations to initiate a serious debate at the EU level to determine the future course of action, including the possibility of introducing further targeted sanctions that do not harm the general population of Iran.
