A/HRC/37/68/Add.1 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 12 March 2018 English only Human Rights Council Thirty-seventh session 26 February–23 March 2018 Agenda item 4 Human rights situations that require the Council’s attention Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran: comments by the State*,** Note by the Secretariat In its resolution 34/23, the Human Rights Council requested the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran to submit a report on the implementation of the mandate to the Council at its thirty-seventh session. The Special Rapporteur passed away on 11 February 2018, before she had the opportunity to consider the comments submitted by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran on the report that the Special Rapporteur shared with it (A/HRC/37/68). On 26 February 2018, the Council agreed that the report of the mandate holder should be submitted to the Council in accordance with its resolution 34/23, together with the comments of the State concerned on the report. It was also agreed that the report would be transmitted to the Council by the Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures and that the Council would hold a discussion on the report on 12 March 2018 in place of the interactive dialogue originally scheduled for that day. The Chair of the Coordination Committee would then take note of the comments made by delegations during the discussion. In accordance with the decision of the Human Rights Council, the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures transmitted the report that the Special Rapporteur shared with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Human Rights Council. Accordingly, the Secretariat has the honour to transmit to the Council the comments by the State on the above-mentioned report. * Some names of the individuals identified in the comments provided by the State have been rendered anonymous or otherwise unidentifiable by the Secretariat. The comments are otherwise reproduced as received, in the language of submission only. ** Reproduced as received. GE.18-03708(E) 