The European Parliament,

A. having regard to its resolution of 18 April 1991 on human

rights in Iran, and the terrorist activities directed by

the Iranian regime in Europe,

B. deeply concerned at the dramatic increase in officially

announced and public executions and the arrest of 298 112

people during 1991,

C. deeply concerned over the arrest of many witnesses and

victims of the violations of human rights who tried to

testify to the ICRC in Tehran in recent months, in

particular on 12 December 1991,

D. whereas human rights violations in Iran also take the form

of ethnic and sexist discrimination, particularly reflected

in the marginalization of women in terms of access to

education and employment,

E. deploring the continuing increase in the Iranian regime's

terrorist activities outside Iran, through its diplomatic

missions and in particular the foiled plot to assassinate

Mr Massout Rajavi, the Leader of the Iranian resistance,

F. appalled at the harassment of the Swiss diplomatic corps in

Tehran by the Rafsanjani regime in response to the arrest

of an Iranian embassy employee in Bern for apparent

involvement in terrorist activities,

G. concerned at the continued imposition of the death penalty

on Salman Rushdie, decreed by Khomeini and upheld by

Khameneii and Rafsanjani,

1. Calls on European Political Cooperation to condemn the

severe and systematic violations of human rights in Iran,

in particular the increasing number of extrajudicial

executions and arbitrary mass arrests of discontented

citizens who have taken part in demonstrations and

protests;

2. Draws attention to the question also tabled by the EC group

to the forty-eighth session of the UN Human Rights

Commission, condemning the human rights abuses in Iran and

calling for the monitoring of the human rights situation to

be extended;

3. Asks the Council to give special attention to the

deteriorating situation in Iran;

4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the

Council, EPC, the Secretary-General of the United Nations

and the Chairman of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.