Urgent Open Letter: Regarding the Immediate Threat of Mass Executions Systemic Repression and the Critical Condition of Political Prisoners in Iran

To: Ms. Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament

• Ms. Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
• Mr. Mounir Satouri, Chair of the European Parliament Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI)
• Ms. Hannah Neumann, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran
• Ms. Saskia Bricmont, Member of the European Parliament (Greens/EFA)
  Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
  We, the undersigned representing the “Solidarity for Republic and Democracy in Iran,” are writing with deep concern and a sense of profound urgency to warn the international community of the catastrophic human rights situation in Iran and the imminent threat of a new wave of mass political executions.

1. The Escalation of State Violence and the “Grave Silence”

In recent weeks, state repression in Iran has entered an unprecedented and far more dangerous phase. Reports of mass arrests, enforced disappearances, systematic torture, and the issuance of hasty death sentences indicate that the Islamic Republic is laying the groundwork for a surge in political executions aimed at terrorizing the public and silencing dissent.
The recent 40-day war and its aftermath, including the destruction of vital infrastructure, have accelerated the complete militarization of the country. This environment has served as a pretext to suppress the events of January 8 and 9, 2026. Today, Iranian streets are occupied by permanent security forces, while deliberate internet shutdowns have plunged the nation into a state of forced darkness, severing the connection between victims and the outside world.

2. Exploitation of National Security Pretexts

Under the guise of “national security” and “war-time conditions,” judicial and security agencies are pursuing fabricated charges such as “espionage” and “collaboration with enemies” to justify the physical elimination of opponents. This undeclared martial law—a state of “neither war nor peace”has empowered the state’s apparatus of repression to act with total impunity.

3. Demands for Immediate Action

Given the European Parliament’s previous resolutions condemning executions and systemic rights violations in Iran, we call for these positions to be translated into immediate, practical, and effective actions:

1. 
   Public Condemnation: An immediate and public declaration from the EU against all death sentences in Iran, particularly those targeting political prisoners and protesters.
2. 
   Unconditional Release: A demand for the immediate release of all political prisoners, human rights defenders, journalists, students, and labor activists.
3. 
   Targeted Sanctions: The expansion of human rights sanctions against officials, judges, and security agencies involved in torture, arbitrary arrests, and executions.
4. 
   International Accountability: Active support for independent international investigations into the systematic crimes committed by the state.
5. 
   Digital Sovereignty: Practical measures to support the Iranian people’s access to free internet and the condemnation of the regime’s digital blackouts.

4. A Call for Dialogue

We formally request an urgent and official meeting between a delegation from the “Solidarity for Republic and Democracy in Iran” and representatives of the European Parliament and the European Union. It is vital to discuss the immediate danger facing political prisoners and to explore practical avenues for supporting the Iranian people’s struggle for life and dignity.
Focusing solely on regional conflicts or ceasefires while ignoring the bloody internal crackdown would be a historic mistake. Silence or delay at this critical juncture serves as an indirect green light for continued atrocities.
History will judge the global response to this moment.
With Respect,
Solidarity for Republic and Democracy in Iran
May 13, 2026

Undersigned Organizations:

1. Comprehensive Solidarity for Freedom and Equality in Iran, which includes the following groups:

• United Front of Balochistan – Iran (Republicans)
• Movement of Democratic and Secular Republicans of Federal Iran
• Bakhtiari and Lorestan Unity Party
• Democratic Solidarity Party of Ahwaz
• Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)
• Green Party of Iran
• Balochistan People’s Party
• Union of People’s Fedaian of Iran
• Council of Socialist Freedom Fighters
• Turkmen Sahra Cooperation Council (comprising: Turkmen Sahra National Uprising, Turkmen Sahra Cultural and Political Organization, and Turkmen Sahra Solidarity Council)
• Komala of Kurdistan
• 25 Shahrivar Group
• Solidarity Institution of Republicans for the Overthrow of the Islamic Republic

1. Congress of Nationalities for a Federal Iran, which includes the following groups:

• United Front of Balochistan – Iran (Republicans)
• Balochistan People’s Front
• Turkmen Sahra Solidarity Council
• Bakhtiari and Lorestan Unity Party
• Democratic Solidarity Party of Al-Ahwaz
• Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)
• Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
• Kurmanj People’s Organization (Kurds of Khorasan)
• Balochistan People’s Party
• Azerbaijan Cultural and Political Center
• Azerbaijan Democratic Party
• Turkmen Sahra Cultural and Political Organization

1. Iranian-German Women’s Association of Cologne
2. Free Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK)
3. Activists for the Path of Freedom – Hamburg
4. Left Party of Iran (Democratic Group)
5. Christian Democratic Party of Iran
6. Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan
7. Worker-Communist Party of Iran
8. Balochistan Human Rights
9. Hana Human Rights Organization
10. Organization of Iranian Kurdistan Struggle (Khabat)
11. Solidarity Network for Human Rights in Iran
12. Woman, Life, Freedom Network – Belgium
13. Council of Iranians in Cologne (Supporters of the Resistance)
14. Council for Organizing Actions in the Netherlands
15. Berlin Medical Staff for Human Rights and Democracy (Berlin Med)
16. Campaign to Stop “Honor” Killings
17. Congress of National Democratic Republicans for Overthrow
18. Republican Medical Staff for Human Rights and Democracy (DIMA)
19. Center for Cooperation of Iranian Republican Institutions
20. Human Rights Activists in Iran
21. Joint Congress of Democratic Republicans and Federal Democrats
22. Hana-ye Rojhelat
23. Solidarity of Iranian Republicans and Democrats in Belgium