Date Type Case No Country Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply IRN 21/2015 11/11/2015 Iran (Islamic JUA Republic of) Freedom of religion; Independence of judges and lawyers; Iran; Summary executions; Torture; 18/04/2016 Alleged imminent executions of two men who were under the age of 18 at the time of the alleged offences and of one political activist in Iran, following repeated torture during detention and the extraction of confessions under torture and after trials that did not comply with due process and fair trial guarantees. According to the information received, Mr. Mohammad Ali Zehi is currently imprisoned in Adelabad Prison, where he is to be executed for his alleged involvement in drug trafficking for activities that occurred when he was under the age of 18. Mr. Milad Azimi was convicted for allegedly causing death by stabbing in a fight that the court has acknowledged occurred when he was 17 years old. Mr. Shahram Ahmadi was convicted of “waging war against God” through “links to Salafi groups” and “propaganda against the system, through participating in ideological and political classes and possessing, selling, and buying books and CDs of speeches related to Sunni beliefs.” He is being held in Raja’i Shahr Prison. All three men are at risk of imminent execution. BHR 7/2015 23/11/2015 Bahrain JUA Independence of judges and lawyers; Summary executions; Torture; 23/02/2016 Allegations of torture and imminent execution of two individuals in Bahrain following unfair trials and confessions extracted under torture. According to information received, Mr. Mohamad Ramadan and Mr. Husain Ali Moosa were arrested in early 2014 and subjected to torture. They were forced to confess under duress and later recanted their confessions. On 29 December 2014, a Bahraini criminal court sentenced them to death for their alleged involvement in a bomb explosion in Al Dair, which resulted in the killing of a police officer. The defense claims that the death penalty was imposed without evidence of guilt of the defendants, and in disregard of abundant evidence of illtreatment, torture, and politically motivated charges. On 16 November 2015, Bahrain’s Court of Cassation rejected the final appeal brought on behalf of the defendants and the sentences were subsequently sent to His Majesty the King for final approval. Mr. Mohamad Ramadan was the subject of a previous communication sent on 14 August 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. BHR 11/2014. A/HRC/32/53 111