WHEN: Wednesday 15 April at 14.30 CET.
WHERE: Room 3C50 in the European Parliament’s SPAAK building in Brussels.
The debate is organised by the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee in association with the delegation for relations with Iran and will feature interventions from representatives from Iranian democratic parties as well as democracy advocates. Guests expected to address MEPs are:
- Shirin Ebadi, Sakharov and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (online)
- Mustafa Hijri (leader of the Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI))
- Abdullah Mohtadi (leader and secretary general of Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan)
- Saeed Bashirtash (leader of the political organisation the 7 Aban Front)
- Artist and journalist Sanaz Behzadi (working with the Association for the Promotion of Open Society (APOS)).
You can watch the debate live here.
Media accreditation
Journalists already accredited to the European Parliament can attend the meeting in person. For media representatives wishing to obtain accreditation, please see the rules here.
Background
The European Parliament has repeatedly stood behind the democratic aspirations of the Iranian people and highlighted their right to determine how they are governed. In February 2026, following widespread protests that swept the country, MEPs demanded the Iranian authorities, under the rule of now-deceased Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, immediately end violence against peaceful protesters, halt all executions, and cease the murder and repression of civilians. Parliament has also long called for the EU to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation, before EU member states representatives in the Council finally took the decision in February 2026.
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