A/HRC/37/68/Add.1 the presentation of an individual opinion, the subject is not answerable and verifiable. It should be noted that the Islamic Republic of Iran, both in law and in practice, has provided the guarantees necessary for full compliance with the standards of fair trial, as set forth in the new Criminal Procedure Code (Date of Execution: 22 May 2015 ) in which the legislator emphasizes on respect for the rights of the accused during all stages of the investigation, investigation and trial until the execution of the sentence (before and after the trial), including the timely access of the accused to his/her selected lawyer. And the implementation of this law is the duty of all judges and there is no torture or arbitrary action in the investigation and during proceedings; and judges of each case are required to issue appropriate provisions at the investigation stage and then to issue a sentence with proportional punishment, on the basis of the contents of the case full consideration of the argumentation of the parties. Therefore, allegation for arbitrary arrest is not substantiated. Adoption and implementation of the "Law on respect for legitimate freedoms and Protect for citizenship rights" and other laws and regulations of the country ensures non-extrajudicial and arbitrary arrest and in practice all judicial authorities are required to carry out any detention or arrest only on the basis of the laws and in a clear and transparent manner. In doing otherwise and contrary to the legal provisions, the breaker of the law shall face the legal consequences in accordance with Section 10 of the article of the above-mentioned law ;and the method of action is such that in addition to the supervision of the Head of the Judiciary, through its "National Human Rights Law Enforcement Agencies", located throughout the country, any natural or legal person can file a lawsuit or report to the Secretariats of the Central or Provincial Agencies regarding the allegation of extrajudicial and arbitrary arrest and disappearance, for careful and thorough review of the cases. Reply to paragraph 59 Despite the rigorous information presented in response to the previous report of the Rapporteur, in particular with regard to those alleged individuals, against which clear and detailed information was provided, unfortunately, in the present draft report, the same allegations are raise again without the possibility of verifying them. Obviously, the inclusion of this large volume of undocumented allegations and incorrect prejudices in the Draft Report reduces the value of the report and makes it irrelevant. In the present reply, ample information is provided on the absence of torture and the supervision of prisons, and also on the method of investigation and prosecution revolutionary courts. Firstly, as detailed below, in the Revolutionary Court, as in all other courts, the rules of procedure are respected and the rights of the defendants are guaranteed. Moreover, given the specific nature of this court and the handling of drug offenses, and the frequent acknowledgment of official and international statistics that the vast majority of executions are related to drug offenses, it is evident that the role of this court in issuing relevant rulings is bolder in comparison with other courts. For emphasis, the manner of treatment with drug offenses in these courts and its fair trials, including the presence of a lawyer, the number of judges and the number of investigative authorities, further details shall hereunder be presented. Accordingly, it is necessary to correct the prejudices contained in this paragraph. All courts are based in the judicial system of the country, even the Supreme Court, are required to comply with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code. In the first chapter of section 3, the legislator has defined the organization and jurisdiction of the criminal courts, and Article 294 has divided the criminal courts into criminal court one, criminal court two, Revolutionary Court, court of juveniles and Military Courts. The Revolutionary Court, in accordance with Article 297, is established to deal with important crimes found in the law, with the presence of the judge and two mentors, and also meets for the investigation of non-important crimes at the presence of judge or a supervisor. The Note under the Article states that the provisions of the criminal procedure 1, as set forth in this law, are in force in the Revolutionary Courts, in cases when it is reviewed by a plurality of judges. It should be noted that according to Article 303, the legislator has given the Revolutionary Court the assignment of dealing with offences including all drug-related crimes, psychotropic substances and drug precursors. Thus, it is observed that trials of the Revolutionary Courts are similar to other courts and in accordance with the law and all the rights of the defendants are guaranteed. As for the fair trial and the requirement for the presence of a lawyer in the Revolutionary Court, it should be mentioned that by explicit stipulation of Article 22 of the Code of Conduct on Amendments to the Law on Counter Narcotics and the Verdict on the Unity of the general board of the Supreme Court, as well as the Uniform Article adopted by the Expediency Council of 1991, the court is obliged to inform the accused of all crimes committed, for which the law has stipulated life imprisonment or execution, in order to adopt their own lawyer, and 24

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