Elahian, Zohreh

"Zohreh Elahian is a lawmaker and hardliner, as well as a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian parliament. She is one of the 227 members of parliament who signed a statement on 6 November 2022 praising security forces for killing protestors and urging the judiciary to accelerate trials and sentence protestors to death by declaring them as 'Muharebeh,' or 'enmity against God.' As a member of the Iranian parliament, Elahian supported the killing, detention, and torture of people during the 2022 nationwide protests in Iran. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran."¹ 

"A senior parliamentarian in the Majlis, Zohreh Elahian, is... listed for her support of the death penalty for protestors involved in the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement. [She has used her position] of influence to call for or carry out increasingly repressive measures against women and girls in Iran."²

Sources: 

1. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2023.051.01.0013.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2023%3A051I%3ATOC 

2. https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2024/03/canada-imposes-new-sanctions-against-two-individuals-for-their-participation-in-violent-repression-of-iranian-women-and-girls.html