Activities of Tokia SAÏFI related to 2015/2274(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement (A8-0286/2016 - Richard Howitt) FR
Amendments (8)
Amendment 27 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. EPoints out that EU trade policy helps to protect and promote the values upheld by the EU; emphasises that a potential renewal of trade ties between the EU and Iran must go hand in hand with substantial improvements in respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms in Iran, and that the EU must use its position as an economic bloc as leverage to improve the living conditions and wellbeing of the Iranian people;
Amendment 31 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes that some sectors of the Iranian economy are heavily controlled by the regime, potentially creating problems for EU companies in Iran, and that increased trade could strengthen the economic, military and political power of certain unelected individuals; emphasises that it is important for Iran to develop an environment conducive to international investment and that that must take place with due regard for the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF);
Amendment 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Emphasises also the importance for Iran to develop economic and trading relations with the actors in the region in order, with due regard for WTO rules, to form a cohesive economic and trading bloc; points out that the EU can provide its expertise and backing for developing and building up this regional dialogue;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls, likewise, for EU-Iran cooperation to help improve the status and rights of Iranian women, with the aim of eliminating any inequality or discrimination against them;
Amendment 87 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Recognises that differences exist between the EU and Iran oniterates its condemnation of the use of the death penalty; notes with great concern the rise in the number of death sentences in Iran, in particular against juvenile offenders, and calls for a moratorium with a view to the abolition of capital punishment in Iran; invites Iran to sign and ratify the use of the death penalty; neverthelesscond optional protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR); believes cooperation on anti-narcotics programmes and on the question of juvenile executions, in line with Iran’s own commitments, couldmust provide a common agenda for addressing this question;
Amendment 252 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Points out that EU-Iran relations form part of the review of the European neighbourhood policy (ENP) put forward on 18 November 2015, which includes plans to involve third countries that are neighbours of the EU’s neighbourhood partner countries in the context of extended cooperation frameworks; urges, therefore, that thematic frameworks be set up to offer cooperation between the Union, the Southern neighbourhood partner countries and key regional players such as Iran on regional issues such as security, energy and the management of refugees;
Amendment 406 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Welcomes the fact that the adoption of the 2013 Islamic Penal Code and Iran’s ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child prohibits child executions and allows all juvenile offenders sentenced to death prior to 2013 to seek retrial; calls on Iran to ensure this prohibition is fully implemented and that all relevant offenders are made aware of this right; calls on Iran to declare a moratorium on the death penalty, at leastparticularly for juvenile offenders;
Amendment 428 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on Iran to live up fully to its commitments under the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the International Covenant on Political and Civil Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by ensuring the enjoyment by its citizens of individual rights without discrimination as to sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, or other status, as provided for in these instruments; points out that this includes, not least for women, a basic right to equality before the law, as well as the right of equal access to education, health care and professional opportunities;