SEIMAS OF THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
RESOLUTION
ON IRAN’S MILITARY SUPPORT TO RUSSIA IN ITS AGGRESSION AGAINST UKRAINE AND THE DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD CORPS OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN A TERRORIST ORGANISATION
3 October 2024 No XIV-3016
Vilnius
condemning the steadily increasing military support by the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Russian Federation, which is engaged in military aggression against Ukraine, supplying the Russian Federation since 2022 with drones and ammunition used against Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and civilian population and, since September 2024, with ballistic missiles, which will inflict even greater suffering on the Ukrainian population,
condemning the cooperation of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its ally the Russian Federation with Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Ansar Allah (the Houthis) as well as other terrorist organisations and support provided to them, regardless of their crimes and attacks perpetrated in third countries and international waters,
condemning the direct drone and missile attacks carried out by the Islamic Republic of Iran on Israel and its population on 13 April 2024 and 1 October 2024,
condemning the systematic hostage-taking of third-country nationals by the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation, placing political demands on the governments of these third countries, as well as the illegal seizure of third-country vessels for political purposes, including the seizure of the container ship MCS Aries in April 2024,
condemning the terrorist attacks in third countries plotted by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its ally the Russian Federation, including the attack on a synagogue in Bochum (Germany) in November 2022,
stating that the current Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which came to power undemocratically during the 1979 Revolution, has for more than 40 years engaged in systematic repressions, pursued discriminatory policies towards women, violated the rights of its citizens and human rights, also led the crackdown on protesters who took to the streets in September 2022 over the killing of the Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini,
expressing concern that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not fulfilling its nuclear-related obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) agreement (hereinafter: the ‘Agreement’) and is continuing to rapidly build up its stockpile of enriched uranium beyond what is permitted under the Agreement, and is refusing to engage in constructive and comprehensive cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA),
stating that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran, its leaders and units are responsible for these decisions and their implementation and that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, its leaders and units are therefore subject to the restrictive measures of the European Union (EU),
having regard to the European Parliament resolution of 19 January 2023 on the EU response to the protests and executions in Iran and the European Parliament resolution of 25 April 2024 on Iran’s unprecedented attack against Israel, the need for de-escalation and an EU response calling on the Council and the Member States of the EU to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the EU terrorist list,
having regard to the fact that the United States of America and Canada, allies of the Republic of Lithuania, have designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organisation,
states that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of the Islamic Republic of Iran is a terrorist organisation whose activities pose a threat to international security and stability;
calls on the European Union to add the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to the EU terrorist list;
calls on the parliaments of all democratic states to join in recognising the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organisation;
urges the European Union to adopt, together with partner countries, new packages of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, targeting individuals and enterprises involved in the development of Iran’s ballistic missile and drone programmes and their transfer to Russia and terrorist organisations, as well as imposing restrictive measures against the Iranian aviation sector.