Date Type Case No Country IRN 11/2011 27/09/2011 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Human rights defenders; Iran; Torture; Alleged arbitrary detention and solitary confinement of human rights lawyer and defender. According to the information received, Mr. Abdolfattah Soltani, a well known human rights lawyer and defender, was arrested on 10 September 2011 in the corridors of the Islamic Revolutionary Court in Tehran by security agents allegedly holding an arrest warrant. Mr. Soltani was subsequently escorted to his law office then his home, where the police officers confiscated computers and several of his personal and family documents. The agents reportedly did not have any warrants to authorize the search of Mr. Soltani‘s office and home. Reportedly, his lawyer had not been informed of the charges against Mr. Soltani. It is alleged that Mr. Soltani‘s detention is linked to the fact that he has represented political and human rights activists, including Akbar Ghanji, Zahra Kazemi, Zahra Baniyaghoub, Nasrin Sotoudeh and Haleh Esfandiari. Mr. Soltani had reportedly been kept in solitary confinement at the Ministry of Intelligence‘s Section 209 of the Evin prison. 26/09/2012 A/HRC/22/67 169