Hello Michael,I did write to all 29 British MEPs and amazingly, I did receive a response from Jake Pugh, MEP for Yorkshire and Humberside this morning. The resolution can be found with this link:https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2019-0019_EN.html?redirectIt is entitled: Iran, notably the situation of women's rights defenders and imprisoned EU dual nationalsPreamble15 - having regard paragraphs (unnumbered)18 whereas paragraphs (A to R)Operative paragraphs 19 paragraphsOut of 52 paragraphs in the resolution, the nuclear agreement is referred to in the first "having regard" paragraph and indirectly in paragraph Q of the whereas paragraphs. Nothing in the operative paragraphs. In view of the above, it is difficult to follow Mr Pugh's response, which is as follows:"...… There was no vote specifically on the release of political prisoners in Iran. The vote was on a whole resolution. That resolution contained points we are in full agreement with, such as the release of political prisoners. It also contains support for EU foreign policy mechanisms in Iran. Hence, we took the active decision to abstain as a balance of these conflicting interests. …."
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