In my speech, I warned against looking at Iran only through a geopolitical lens. Too often, discussions about Iran revolve around missiles, uranium enrichment, or the Strait of Hormuz. But for millions of people inside the country, reality looks very different. They wait outside prison gates for news of their loved ones. They live without free access to the internet and are cut off from the outside world. The regime does not survive through violence alone. It also survives by making people feel invisible — by convincing them that nobody is listening and nobody will act. That is exactly why human rights must never become a secondary issue in negotiations. Europe’s response must be clear: the people of Iran must be at the centre of our policy. And the sanctioned Revolutionary Guards must no longer be allowed to operate freely on European soil.