AJC hails EU parliament for condemning Iran

25 October 2016, 3:57 pm

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The American Jewish Committee praises the European Parliament for passing a condemnation of Iran’s repeated threats to destroy Israel and of its Holocaust denial.

“We salute Parliament’s principled stand on this critical issue,” says Daniel Schwammenthal, director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, the AJC’s EU office.

Members of the EU Parliament take part in a voting session, on December 17, 2014 during a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (photo credit: AFP/FREDERICK FLORIN) — Members of the EU Parliament take part in a voting session, on December 17, 2014, during a session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (photo credit: AFP/FREDERICK FLORIN)

EU lawmakers in Strasbourg, France voted today in favor of an amendment that “strongly condemns the Iranian regime’s repeated calls for the destruction of Israel and the regime’s policy of denying the Holocaust.”

The vote passes with 590 votes in favor, 67 against and 37 abstentions. The amendment is part of a report entitled “EU strategy toward Iran after the nuclear agreement.”