A/HRC/16/75 C. Executions of juvenile offenders 4. On 22 December 2009, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions drew the attention of the Government regarding the sentencing of juveniles Nemat Safavi and Mahdi Pooran to death on charges of homosexuality. Both defendants charged with lavat were sentenced to death for acts committed when they were under 18 years. The Special Rapporteur expressed concern over the sentence and stated any judgments imposing the death sentence and executions of juvenile offenders would be incompatible with the international obligations of the Islamic Republic of Iran under various international human rights instruments including International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and Convention on Child Rights. 5. On 31 March 2009, the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions expressed concern regarding Mr. Abu Moslem Sohrabi, a man sentenced to death as qesas (retribution) for a killing committed in 2001, when he was aged 17. According to information, the death sentence was being affirmed by the Court during the review ordered by the Supreme Court in July 2008. D. Women’s rights 6. On 28 December 2009, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences jointly with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders sent an allegation letter regarding the arrest and detention of several members of the One Million Signature Campaign, particularly Ms Somayeh Rashidi, who was notably supporting the campaign. According to information, on 14 December 2009, security officials went to Ms Rashidi’s house and seized her belongings after searching her house. Five days later, Ms Rashidi was summoned to the Revolutionary Court, where she was allegedly interrogated, charged, detained and transferred to Evin Prison. It was alleged that several other members of the campaign were also previously arrested and detained in April 2009, and more than eleven members were allegedly summoned to the Revolutionary Courts for questioning. Concerns were expressed that the arrest and detention of Ms Rashidi could be directly related to her work in defense of human rights. E. Freedom of peaceful assembly and association and freedom of opinion and expression 7. On 19 January 2010, the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, together with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention and the Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers sent a joint communication regarding Mr. Payam Jahangiry, a student of political science at Shiraz University and a supporter of the opposition movement, who was arrested on 5 December 2009 at his home in Shiraz. The arresting officers who at first identified themselves as workers from an electricity provider and forced their way in as Mr. Jahangiry opened the door, searched his home and confiscated various personal belongings, including four computers and various documents and photographs. Concerns were expressed that the arrest and detention of Mr. Jahangiry had been carried out solely in connection with his reportedly peaceful and legitimate exercise of his rights to freedom of opinion and expression, assembly and association. 19