A/HRC/16/48 Iran (Islamic Republic of) Cases transmitted to the Government during the period under review: 0 Cases clarified during the period under review: 0 Number of outstanding cases at the beginning of the period under review Cases sent under Cases sent the urgent action under the procedure standard procedure Government Non-governmental sources 514 0 0 0 0 Number of outstanding cases at the end of the year under review 514 Number of cases on which the Government has replied Multiple replies on some cases Number of cases of possible clarification by Government (6-month rule) 0 0 N/A Urgent appeal Yes Government response No General allegation N/A Government response N/A Prompt intervention letter N/A Government response N/A Working Group request for a visit Yes Government response Yes - postponed 255. All outstanding cases were retransmitted and, regrettably, no response was received from the Government. A summary of the situation in the country appears in documents E/CN.4/2006/56 and Corr. 1 and A/HRC/4/41. Urgent Appeals 256. The Working Group sent two communications under its urgent appeal procedure to the Government. The first communication was sent on 24 November 2009, jointly with another special procedures mechanism, and concerned the disappearance of Mr. Abbas Hakimzadeh, allegedly arrested by agents from the Ministry of Intelligence on 19 November 2009. The second communication was sent on 27 January 2010, jointly with four other special procedures mechanisms, and concerned the disappearances of Mr. Behrang Tonekaboni, Mr. Kaycan Farzin, Mr. Azad Lotpoury and Ms. Lily Farhadpour, allegedly arrested between 5 and 14 January 2010. It was alleged that these arrests were related to the ongoing protests against the Government. Request for a visit 257. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran agreed to a visit by the Working Group in 2004, which was delayed at the request of the Government. Reminder letters were sent on 20 July 2009 and 16 August 2010, asking the Government to set a date for the proposed visit. The Government has not yet set a new date for the visit despite the fact that six years have elapsed. Total cases transmitted, clarified and outstanding 258. Since its establishment, the Working Group has transmitted 532 cases to the Government; of those, 5 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the source, 13 cases have been clarified on the basis of information provided by the Government, and 514 remain outstanding. 62