A/HRC/28/70 tomans).71 A total of 15 billion tomans has been allocated for insurance for female homemakers, with priority given to female-headed households.72 VIII. Response from the Islamic Republic of Iran 73. In its response to the present report, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran rejected a majority of the allegations communicated to the mandate holder. The Government also objected to the Special Rapporteur’s identification of content in legislation currently under consideration as problematic, characterizing it as “a hasty intervention in the sovereign functions of the government” and “not corresponding to” the Code of Conduct for Special Procedures Mandate-holders of the Human Rights Council. 74. The Government communicated its support for some 65 per cent of all recommendations received during its second universal periodic review, including many that it considered already implemented, either wholly or in part. The Government also communicated its intention to reply to all outstanding communications and to continue meeting with the Special Rapporteur, as well as its plans to invite two special rapporteurs to the Islamic Republic of Iran. 75. The Government also communicated its view that the Special Rapporteur’s approach to gathering information was flawed, stating: “We do not believe that simply visiting a number of European countries and writing a report with lengthy addendums just by having interviews with a limited number of persons is a right way to draft a dependable report.” 76. The Special Rapporteur agrees that this approach to fact-finding is less than ideal, and reiterates his request for a visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran itself. In the meantime, he will continue to gather information through interviews with Iranians located inside and outside the country in lieu of a country visit. The Special Rapporteur looks forward to ongoing meetings with the authorities to discuss further all possibilities for cooperation. 77. The Government stated that no individuals were prosecuted “solely” for relations with the United Nations human rights mechanisms, “unless he/she commits an act that is regarded as a violation of law, such as commission of criminal acts or security offences”. 78. The Government stated that Iranian laws provided for the death sentence for offences such as the large-scale trafficking of illicit drugs. It also claimed that Iranian laws showed “leniency” towards juvenile offenders through the use of a separate court system for children and through assessments of their capacity to understand their offences. 79. The Government claimed that “no one has been arrested for exercising the right to take part in peaceful assembly”, and that the Islamic Penal Code did not currently prescribe punishment for political acts. It maintained, in contradiction to the findings of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, that no one in the Islamic Public of Iran was arbitrarily detained, and that all accused individuals were granted due process and fair trials in accordance with relevant domestic law. In that regard, the Government asserted that laws relating to judges’ conduct and the Bar Association ensured the independence of lawyer and judges. 80. The Government also stated that “prisoners have acceptable levels of access to medical care both inside and outside prison”. It informed the Special Rapporteur that supervisory boards established by the judiciary routinely visited prisons to ensure compliance with national standards. It also forwarded a welcome announcement that the 71 72 The total proposed budget for the period March 2015 – March 2016 is 219,000 billion tomans. Salamat News (semi-official news), 30 November 2014, www.salamatnews.com/news/130757/. 19