A/HRC/28/70 74. On 30 November 2014, Ms. Reyhaneh Tabataba’ei was convicted and sentenced to one year in prison and a two-year ban on journalistic and political activities. She was charged with “propaganda against the system” for an interview she reportedly conducted in 2013 with a leader of the Sunni minority in Iran, which authorities claimed was penned with the intent of “dividing the nation along ethnic and religious lines.” 75. On 24 December 2014, Ms. Yaghma Fashkhami, a political reporter for the Roozan publication, was apparently arrested at her home for unknown reasons.49 76. Mr. Arash Honarvar Shoja’ei, a cleric and blogger, was already serving a separate four-year sentence at Evin Prison for “insulting (former Iranian Supreme Leader) Imam Khomeini,” “cooperating with foreign embassies,” espionage, and acting against national security, when he was apparently sentenced to an additional four years in prison and 50 lashes in December 2014. His new charges are not yet clear.50 77. Mr. Saeed Pourheydar, a journalist and rights activist who had fled the country in 2011 following the receipt of a five-year prison sentence for “propaganda against the system,” “insulting the President,” and “questioning Islamic principles,” was reportedly arrested on 4 January 2015 after returning to Iran.51 78. On 19 January 2015, apparently IRGC Intelligence Officers dressed in civilian clothes arrested Ms. Zahra Khandan at her home. She was a former journalist with several reformist publications. The reason for her arrest is not clear. 79. On 26 January 2015, Mr. Mohammed Ghoochani, the editor of the Mardom Emrooz publication, was charged with “insulting Islam” for publishing a front-page photograph of actor George Clooney wearing an “I am Charlie Hebdo” lapel pin. 80. In January or February 2015, former journalist and the current head of an Iranian History Society, Mr. Abbas Salimi Namin, was sentenced to six months in prison for “insulting” former President Mahmoud Ahmadinjed in 2011, when he publicly criticized what he perceived as presidential corruption. Mr. Salimi was also sentenced to 74 lashes for insulting judicial officials and officials at University of Tehran.52 81. On 20 February 2015, Mr. Masoud Bastani, a journalist who was arrested in connection to the post-2009 election unrest and sentenced for “propaganda against the system,” “assembly and collusion with the intent to disrupt national security,” and “publishing falsehoods,” apparently had a heart attack while in prison. His health remains precarious.53 82. On 23 February 2015, Mr. Ali Maghami, was arrested to begin serving a four-month prison sentence. He had received that sentence, along with a four-month suspended sentence, in January 2014.54 2. Recently closed publications 83. In its reply to the Draft Report, the Government claimed that Bahar (which was closed for six months and since re-opened) printed an article, which “seriously hurt feeing of the public.” Following the publication of the article Bahar “voluntarily” closed for a period of six months. 49 50 51 52 53 54 38 https://cpj.org/2015/01/with-new-round-of-journalist-detentions-prosecutio.php. https://cpj.org/2015/01/with-new-round-of-journalist-detentions-prosecutio.php. Ibid. http://en.rsf.org/iran-press-freedom-violations-recounted-21-01-2015,47521.html. http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2015/02/masoud-bastani/. Ibid.