France: unanimous, the Assembly votes a resolution "in support of the Iranian people"
French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Catherine Colonna, arrives to deliver a speech at the end of a debate on Iran, at the National Assembly in Paris on November 28, 2022. AFP - EMMANUEL DUNAND
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The French National Assembly approved, this Monday, November 28, 2022, a resolution condemning in particular the restriction of the freedoms and rights of women in Iran.
The text was adopted unanimously by the participants.
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A member of the French presidential majority (Renaissance), MP Hadrien Ghomi, himself a descendant of Iranians, had asked for “
a strong message
” to be sent on the situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
"There can be no freedom without women's freedom": @HadrienGhomi wishes to "send a strong message to the Iranian people".
"Once again, the world is watching France. Let's meet its expectations".
#Iran #DirectAN pic.twitter.com/9kfq8o5OJD
— LCP (@LCP) November 28, 2022
It was heard, the text he was defending garnering the vote of all of the 149 deputies participating in the vote on Monday, to the applause of the entire hemicycle, all sides combined.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, mentioned in her speech the slogan chanted in the demonstrations in Iran: “
Women, life, freedom
”.
She lamented the "
more than 400 snuffed lives
".
A situation which “
commands to act, with responsibility
”, she pleaded.
“
New sanctions are in preparation
” for the next meeting of European foreign ministers on December 12.
"Thousands of Iranian men and women have been arrested, [...] imprisoned because they wanted to live free," laments @MinColonna.
"It is the repression that falls, relentless, disproportionate."
She again calls for the release of the 7 French people detained in Iran. #DirectAN pic.twitter.com/OD6vaT1vpe
— LCP (@LCP) November 28, 2022
The resolution voted on today "
calls for the immediate release of the arbitrarily detained French nationals
", seven in number, "
condemns in the strongest terms the brutal and generalized repression
".
This repression falls, specifies the text, on “
non-violent demonstrators
”.
It denounces “
the use of torture
”.
The Assembly “
affirms its support for the Iranian people in their aspiration to democracy and respect for their fundamental rights and freedoms
”.
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 regime's strict dress code.
►Read also: A member of the Revolutionary Guards killed in Isfahan, in central Iran
For the authorities in Tehran, these protests are "
riots
", encouraged by the West.
With agencies
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