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provided detailed explanation, proves the allegations to be baseless and unsubstantiated.
Therefore, it is necessary to amend this paragraph of the draft report.
Reply to paragraph 72
Unfortunately, in paragraph 72 of the draft, there are incorrect statistics that need to be
corrected. The presentation of the execution figures and making a relation between it and a
specific ethnic group is totally distorting and inaccurate; because if it is intended to indicate
that there is a rational relation between the executed drug offenders and the deliberate murder
of a number of Kurds, this separation is seriously misleading and ill intended. Article 19 of the
Constitution states that the people of Iran, from any tribe and ethnicity, enjoy equal rights. Also
each punishment is in proportion with the committed crime which is defined by law; and if it is
meant that people are sued and prosecuted, or executed, merely because of their ethnic or
religious minority affiliations, that is a fabricated, unsubstantiated and undocumented
allegation in the draft. The investigation of the crimes by citizens with at least eight criminal
offenses, referred to in this paragraph, does not imply persecution, specially, persecution of a
particular ethnic group. It should be noted that these eight criminal offenses are punishable in
the court of law in the same manner and without discrimination. Execution of 64 prisoners is a
mere fabrication of lie. Therefore, it is necessary to remove this paragraph from the final
report.
On the other hand, terrorist movements and crimes in some parts of the border are due to their
activities in neighboring countries more than in other parts of the country. It is natural that the
issue of fighting terrorism is being pursued seriously, and in this issue the main problem is the
occurrence of crime and not affiliation to group of ethnicities in the country. It should be noted
that, contrary to the allegation, the Kurdish people in Iran have a high rank, and even the good
relation between Iran and the neighboring Iraqi Kurds has been to the extent that the
recommendations of Iran were considered in the question of the referendum on the
disintegration of the Kurdistan region of Iraq. And the crisis was managed as best as possible.
Reply to paragraph 73
As for the case of Ms. Zeinab Jalalian, a detailed respons was earlier sent to the
communication of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and despite the fact that this
response had reached the secretariat of the Working Group, before their meeting was held, it
was rejected to be included in the agenda of the WG on the pretext of the expiration of the due
time. Therefore, the reference to the working group should be postponed until a re-examination
of the subject. Here, the same responses of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the WG, containing
the legal affections and the reference to the health situation of Ms. Jalalian, and her
imprisonment in a prison in the vicinity of the residence of her parents are provided.
Prejudice against judicial cases, regardless of its nature and the use of the title of “political
prisoners” for members of terrorist groups, promotes the spread of terrorism and it provides an
umbrella support to them. The following paragraph provides adequate information about Ms.
Zeinab Jalalian and the observance of human rights standards when fighting terrorism:
According to the judiciary of Kermanshah province, Ms. Zeinab Jalalian, XXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX, charged with: 1) armed action against the
Islamic Republic of Iran; 2) membership in the PEJAK terrorist group; 3) transportation and
maintenance of unauthorized weapons and military equipment. 4) Propagation activity in the
benefit of anti-government groups, was prosecuted and sentenced to death, according to the
judgment of 3 Dec. 2008, by the court of Kermanshah, in considering of the charges made
against him in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, which constitute armed action against the Holy system
of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The verdict was upheld after the appeal of the defendants and
their lawyers to the appeals court of Kermanshah province. As a result, the court, in accordance
with the court’s ruling dated 6 May, 2009, dismissed the appeal. Also, on her request to the
Amnesty Commission, for pardon and amnesty, during the visit of the Supreme Leader to
Kermanshah province, eventually, according to the statement of Kermanshah County Court,
her request was met with affection and her punishment was commuted. Also, according to the
court of Kermanshah province, she is held in the Kermanshah correctional center, where the
other female prisoners of the province are held benefit from the support of the social workers
of the center and the proper health facilities. It should be noted that in order to exert a greater
inclination toward her, she was transferred, on her own request, to the prison of Khoy (near his
family) on 22 Nov. 2014. Considering the nature of the case and the wide range cooperation
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