A/HRC/37/68/Add.1 While reiterating the incorrectness of the statistics contained in paragraph 31 and the need to amend it in the final report, the Islamic Republic of Iran's principled strategy is to promote the rapid and inexpensive access of all sectors of society to the cyberspace, particularly in particular the 11th and 12th governments’ programs and actions, in this area, are notable and the results are reflected in official statistics. The widespread use of social networks by the society led the High Council of Cyberspace, as the reference to the management of this space, required them take action for prevention of crimes and the abuse of public data; and, in addition to encouraging internal social networks, they prompted other networks to transfer servers to Iran. IPDs are commonplace when accessing the internet anywhere in the world, even in public areas such as hotels, in order to prevent internet crime or to detect possible hackers. Therefore, the main policy of the country is the increasing use of cyberspace and information facilities, but along with this policy, other principles such as ensuring public safety and public morality and protecting family members should be observed. Here are some of the improvements made to make people more accessible to cyberspace: Development of communications and information technology as an infrastructure and empowerment of all parts of the country has been of great importance to the government. Undoubtedly, the field of information and communication technology can be greatly expanded with the development of e-government, the empowerment and transparency of the country's administrative system as much as possible, reducing the number of redundant and parallel processes of work, as well as less volume of economic corruption in the country. A look at the status of the indicators of information and communication technology in the government suggests appropriate progress in this area during the eleventh government, and an increase of more than 6 equal internal bandwidth, 797% increase in the capacity of the country's transmission network, an increase of 243% data network in the country, provision of 101 trillion riyals of investment in communications infrastructure, and etc., all show the government's determination to expand and develop communications and information technology in Iran. Also, given the need for deprived areas for communication and access to services, and considering the reduction of gaps in access to ICT services in urban and rural areas, the government has been paying particular attention to villages by investing in those areas as well as using private sector power. As a result, providing of high-speed access to data and information for over 18,000 villages has been provided, so far. In the development of communications infrastructure, which is one of the main bases of communication, it has been accompanied by a 6-fold increase in domestic capacity compared with the beginning of the eleventh government. In addition, any filtering, censorship and limitation of communications in cyberspace is subject to legal regulations. Replies to paragraphs 33-34 The contents of this paragraph are based on inaccurate information and despite the detailed information on the freedom of journalists and the media, and the development of the volume of their activities and their number, in response to the previous report of the Special Rapporteur, the general allegations have been repeated, in absence of verification, without mentioning their sources. Allegations which are raised in these two paragraphs, without verification are not acceptable. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, in relation with communication media, the legal framework if observed, and in accordance with the current laws and regulations, any offense defined by the legislation, shall be met with the legal constraints, after fair trial. The regulatory or arbitrary deterrent in this regard is based on the commission of a criminal act. Also, the claim of harassment and threats against the family of the Iranian staff of the BBC News Agency is incorrect; because on the assumption that a person has committed a crime, in terms of the principle of personal prosecution and punishment for the perpetrator, taking of action against his/her family is not conceivable. It should be noted that 156 foreign media outlets in Iran, including the BBC English and Arabic (whose names appear on the website of the Ministry of Guidance at https://foreignmedia.farhang.gov.ir/fa/pressoffices), number 310 Active journalists, one third of whom are foreign nationals, are active in Iran. On the other hand, it should be noted that the Persian BBC institute is not an independent media network, and its financial and political affiliation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the British security agencies has been very serious and it has been challenged repeatedly even by British citizens. The political record of this network is obvious to all in the creation of social and political crises and color revolutions in the opposition countries of the West. In the 15