A/HRC/31/26 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 17 May 2016 Original: English Human Rights Council Thirty-first session Agenda item 2 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Report of the Secretary-General* Summary The present report is submitted in accordance with General Assembly resolution 70/173, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit an interim report to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-first session on the progress made in the implementation of the resolution. In the report the Secretary-General describes patterns and trends in the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran and makes recommendations to improve the implementation of the resolution. * The present report was submitted after the deadline owing to the need for consultations with the Member State. GE.16-07944(E) 