Activities of Zoran THALER related to 2010/2050(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
EU approach towards Iran (debate)
Amendments (6)
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 10 a (new)
Citation 10 a (new)
– having regard to the Council Conclusions of 22 March 2010 on free access to information in Iran,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas in Iran the number of bloggers being prosecuted for expressing their views on the internet is on the rise; whereas Hossein Derakhshan - "the Blog father" - was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison for cooperating with hostile states, propaganda against the regime and in favour of anti-revolutionary groups, insulting sanctities and the implementation and management of obscene websites; in October 2010 blogger Hossein Maleki Ronaghi - "the Genius" - was also sentenced to a long-term prison sentence inter alia for working with foreign media,
Amendment 101 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Warns that the IRGC is slowly taking over Iran by becoming a military, political and economic power; indicates that despite ideological congruity between Supreme Leader Khamenei and the IRGC leadership, the development of the IRGC into a state within a state is turning Khamenei into a hostage in the hands of his own Praetorian Guard;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Condemns the Iranian authorities' efforts to censor print media and to jam radio, TV services and the internet in order to limit access to, and the flow of, information;
Amendment 155 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Urges the Iranian Government to reconsider Hossein Derakhshan's and Hossein Maleki Ronaghi's cases, release them or grant them due process;
Amendment 221 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Supports the European Council’s twin-track approach aimed at finding a negotiated solution to the nuclear stand-off, and commends it on its new Common Position of 26 July 2010 introducing newwelcomes the Council Decision of 26 July 2010 concerning restrictive measures against Iran; insists, however, that andy far-reaching autonomous measures applicable to Iranurther sanctions in the context of the nuclear threat should exclude measures that would have negative consequences for the Iranian people as a whole;