A/HRC/28/70
B.
The plan to protect hijab and modesty and gender segregation in the
workplace
(See Report for details of Bill).
C.
1.
Right to health
Satellite jamming and its health impacts
130. Iranian authorities reportedly continue to prosecute individuals for the possession
and use of satellite dishes. In September 2014, police reportedly attempted to enter of the
home of 65-year-old Tehran resident Mr. Mohammad Ali Khouei. Mr. Kouei requested the
produce comply with Iranian law and produce proper identification. The police apparently
failed to produce identification and proceeded to search the rooftop for satellite dishes. Due
to the stressful nature of the event, Mr. Khouei, a war veteran, apparently suffered a fatal
heart attack , which was witnessed by neighbors.103
131. In February 2014, Minister of Health, Dr. Seyyed Hassan Ghazizadeh, announced
the formation of a special committee. The committee consists of representatives from the
Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Information and Technology, and Iran’s Atomic Energy
Organization with the purpose to investigate the potential health effects of satellite
jamming.104 The committee has yet to announce its findings. In October, Mr. Saeed
Motassadi of the Department of the Environment also noted that “the topic of jamming
causing cancer [has been] studied many times, and the possibility exists of this illness
coming about in individuals as a result from the effects of jamming.”105
2.
LGBT (supplemental to the “Transgender Iranians” section of the Report)
132. In its reply to the Draft Report, the Government noted its support for the transgender
community, and suggested that it was formulating policies to provide for increased health
and financial assistance to members of that community. The Government stated its total
rejection of “homosexual behaviors.”
133. Mr. Ahmad Farzanpour was detained twice in Tehran; once in 2006 by authorities
for confronting officials in a local mosque about the volume of the call-to-prayer, which he
felt was contributing to his mother’s seizures, and once in 201, after he returned to Iran
from abroad, in connection with alleged participation in political protests while outside of
the country. In 2006, Mr. Farzanpour was beaten while in detention in part because
authorities had found videos on his mobile phone indicating that he is a member of the
LGBT community. While detained in 2011, Mr. Farzanpour was held incommunicado
without access to a lawyer or contact with family and was reportedly psychically and
psychologically abused. He was released informally and fled the country. He continues to
suffer from medical conditions reportedly related to beatings while in detention.
D.
Land mines
134. In October 2013 the City Governor of Marivan, in the Kurdistan province, reported
that seven children from the Neshkash village in Marivan were injured due to a land mine
103
104
105
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http://persian.iranhumanrights.org/1393/07/khoiee_mahvareh/.
http://www.iranhumanrights.org/2014/02/satellite-jamming/.
http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/10/iran-satellite-jamming-cancer.html#.
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