The European Parliament on Tuesday overwhelmingly backed an amendment to a report on the EU strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement, which corrects the failure of the initial report to condemn Iran’s anti-Semitic propaganda, Holocaust denial and repeated calls for the destruction of Israel.

The amendment, which was tabled by Dutch Liberal parliamentarian Marietje Schaake, reads that the European Parliament ''strongly condemns the Iranian regime’s repeated calls for the destruction of Israel and the regime’s policy of denying the Holocaust."

It was adopted by 590 to 67 votes and 37 abstentions, also clearly condemns Iran’s human rights abuses in particular the use of the death penalty,

The report entitled “EU Strategy towards Iran after the nuclear agreement” was authored by British Labour MEP Richard Howitt.

In several rounds of negotiations between the political groups, the text was somewhat improved by addressing Iran’s human rights abuses, external aggression and support for terror organizations such as Hezbollah.

‘’The report supports sovereignty and non-interference for all countries of the Middle East, specifically supports respect for the peace and security of Israel and the Palestinians, an end to financial support for the military wing of Hezbollah and respect for Jewish people and other religious minorities in Iran itself,’’ Howitt said as he responded to critics during the debate on the report in the plenary session of the EU parliament in Strasbourg.

A last-minute attempt by the extreme-left GUE political group to erase the reference to Hezbollah was rejected.

Several MEPs blasted Howitt's original draft, which they said gave Tehran a free pass on its human rights violations, support for Assad and terror organizations.

Swedish MEP Lars Adaktusson told the house that the Iranian embassy in Brussels sent him and other MEPs letters "expressing great satisfaction" with the original draft report, urging him and others to support it.

"This deal is only welcomed as a pragmatic one, and its rejection would play right into the hands of regime hardliners," warned Charles Tannock, on behalf of the European Conservative's Group (ECR), continuing: "It does not mean we have reached the end of the road."

Speaking on behalf of the European People's Party (EPP), Elmar Brok said : "The whole world wants to have this agreement -- we need to bring (Iran) back into the international community!"

According to Daniel Schwammenthal, Director of the American Jewish Committee’s EU Office welcomed the adoption of the amendment. ‘’By clearly denouncing Tehran’s anti-Semitic policies and threats against Israel, the European Parliament has corrected, with a wide majority, one of the report's most glaring shortcomings.’’

"Unfortunately, another crucial amendment calling for the immediate release of all political prisoners and an end to systematic torture and other improvements to the text were rejected, he added.

“Sadly, some in this house sought to rush to business as usual with Tehran and to ignore or obfuscate the regime's horrendous crimes against its own people and those in the region," Schwammenthal said.

The report advocates the reopening of political and economic relations between the EU and Iran, including expanding trade, calls for EU efforts to ease tensions between Tehran and Riyadh and the opening of an EU embassy in Tehran.

It argues that the Iran nuclear agreement ‘’has opened up the possibility of a diplomatic breakthrough, essential to finding a solution to the bloodshed in Syria and Yemen.’’