"We urgently call upon the Iranian authorities to immediately halt the persecution of Baha'is, release all Baha'i prisoners, and ensure the protection of their full spectrum of human rights," declared more than 50 Members of Parliament (MPs) and Senators from across Europe, in a joint statement expressing profound dismay at the escalating attacks against Baha’i women, who face persecution both as women and as Baha’is. 

The signatories—representing a diverse group of MPs and Senators from a range of European countries—called the escalation in Iran "utterly unacceptable" and said it represented "a distressing trend of hostilities against a community that has faced systematic persecution since 1979." The MPs also insisted that Iranian authorities uphold “the rights to liberty, employment, freedom of association and expression, property, education" and burial "without discrimination or prejudice".

And in a separate response to a parliamentary question at the European Parliament, last week the European Union said “the EU firmly calls on the Iranian authorities to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all Iranians, including persons belonging to ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities such as the Baha’is.”