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reveals their ill intentions. According to the Tehran Provincial Court of 15 January, 2018, the
verdict was finalized on 2 January, 2018.
Reply to paragraph 53
As for Mr. Siamak Namazi and Mohammad Bagher Namazi, according to the Tehran
Provincial Court, Mr. Mohammad Bagher Namazi was arrested on February 27, 2016, on
charges of cooperating with the hostile country of the United States, and after legal
proceedings and defense hearings, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment, by Tehran
court, on 10 Oct. 2016 It should be noted that he has been under the supervision of a doctor and
he is undergoing continuous medical examinations and he has had ongoing visits and contacts
with his wife. Mr. Siamak Namazi was arrested and charged with collaborating with the hostile
country of the United States on Oct. 14, 2015, and the Tehran court, after legal proceedings
and defense hearings, and his access to lawyers, sentenced him to 10 years of imprisonment
and extradition of 175 thousand dollars in favour of the government. He has also had the
opportunity to meet and contact his mother. It is seen that expressing concern about the nonobservance of the fair trial procedure regarding the persons referred to in this paragraph should
be deleted in the final report.
Reply to paragraph 54
On the case of Ms. Zaghari, detailed information was provided in reply to the last draft report
of the Special Rapporteur. However the following summary of her case is as follows:
Following the discovery of documents indicating acts by Ms. Zaghari against the national
security of the country, in the city of Kerman, she was arrested in Tehran Airport on the basis
of a writ of arrest. She was later sent back to Kerman (place of crime) and the required
investigations were carried out. According to the Iranian law, Ms. Nazanin Zaghari is
considered as an Iranian citizen and his double nationality is not recognized. During her arrest,
Zaghri was kept in a suit facility in Kerman Prison and regularly kept touch with her family
and enjoyed visits in person. As for the allegation of lack of access to a lawyer, according to
the amendment to Article 48 of the Criminal Procedure Code, access to the lawyer for access to
criminal offenses is available to the lawyer and upon request in accordance with the terms and
conditions stipulated in the law. According to the Tehran Province Court dated 08.08.1396, a
new case was sent to court. She has a lawyer and, in the case of general health, the prison is
also authorized to send her to the outpatient and, similar to other prisoners, she has had
facilities of the prison as well as meeting with her family.
As for the allegation on opening of a new charge against her, the matter was investigated
through the relevant authorities, which revealed that there were no new charges or cases filed
against her.
Reply to paragraph 55
As for the case of Mr. Nizar Zaka was arrested on 18 Sep. 2015 with interim detention on
suspicion of cooperating with hostile states against the Islamic Republic of Iran on the basis of
the writ of arrest issued by the first branch of the district of 33 of the Shahid Moghaddas
Court. He was kept in detention center No. 2-a. He is a Lebanese national living in the United
States. Refering to letter No. 1336020 dated 11 January, 2017, in connection with the statement
by Ms. Asma Jahangir, on the hunger strike of some defendants and convicts, including Mr.
Nezar Zaka, according to the information provided in accordance with the rulings issued by the
court branch No.15 of Tehran province, he was sentenced to 10 years of imprisonment and
extradition of funds received from the CIA for cooperating with the hostile government. The
case has been filed after appeal to Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals and the appeal
has not been finalized yet. He has been imprisoned at Evin Prison since Sep. 18, 2016. It is
apparent that his charge was examined by the court in a court of law and resulted in the
issuance of an uncontested sentence and his espionage activities did not relate to activities in
the field of human rights, and it was worth considering the statement in his case. According to
a statement dated 5 Sep. 2017 by the Tehran Provincial Court he was sentenced to 10 years
imprisonment and extradition of funds received from the CIA for allegedly cooperating with
the hostile state of America by Branch 15 of the Tehran court; with the objection and appeal of
the convict’s lawyers (namely XXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXX) the file was sent to
Branch 36 of the Tehran Court of Appeals and this branch, arguing that "the accuse has
deliberately cooperated with the hostile state of America in the form of projects designed by its
security services with the goal of organizing plots in line with the policies of the United States
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