Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 2/2014 11/03/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Violence against women; Alleged arrest, detention and sentencing to seven years in prison of a student and women’s rights activist. According to the information received, Ms. Maryam Shafipour, a Qazvin University student, was arrested on 27 July 2013. Following her arrest, Ms. Shafipour reportedly spent over two months in solitary confinement and without access to a lawyer. On 2 March 2014, she was sentenced to seven years in prison on charges of “spreading propaganda against the system”, “assembly and collusion against national security”, and “membership of the Advocacy Council for the Right to Education”. Grave concerns are expressed that Ms. Shafipour might have been targeted due to her peaceful and legitimate activities as a student women’s rights activist. Further concerns are expressed about her treatment while in detention and that she was denied access to a lawyer. IRN 3/2014 11/03/2014 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Iran; 05/06/2014 Alleged forced closure of the newspaper Aseman and the arrest of information technology activists. According to the information received, on 21 February 2014, Tehran media court closed the reformist daily Aseman (Sky) for publishing an article on 18 February 2014, in which a university lecturer criticized qisas (retribution in kind) punishment. On 3 December 2013, authorities also arrested 16 Information Technology activists in Kerman, including Messrs’ Aliasghar Honarmand, Abbas Vahedi, Hossein Nozari, Reza Nozari, Amir Sadeghpour, Mehdi Faryabi, Ehsan Paknejad and Ms. Malieh Nakhei. Of the 16 persons arrested, seven worked for the tech website Narenji.ir and were accused of being in contact with enemy media. Since their arrest, the detainees have been kept in solitary confinement, have had no access to a lawyer and have been subjected to psychological pressure. A/HRC/27/72 14 Date Type