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IRN 7/2015
02/06/2015 Iran (Islamic
JUA
Republic of)
Disappearances;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Iran;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
04/03/2016
Alleged imminent execution of two juvenile offenders after trials that did not meet due
process and fair trial guarantees. According to the information received, on 18 March
2015, Mr. Saman Naseem, whose death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in
December 2013 and who was scheduled for execution on 19 February 2015, was
transferred from Oroumieh prison to an unknown location. In March 2015, the
authorities informed Mr. Naseem’s lawyer that his execution had not been carried out. In
2009, in another case, Mr. Hamid Ahmadi was reportedly sentenced to death. However,
the Supreme Court overturned his sentence and sent the case back to the Appeals Court
for re-trial. In March 2010, the Appeals Court in Gilan Province re-sentenced Mr.
Ahmadi to death, a decision which was upheld by the Supreme Court in November 2010.
Mr. Ahmadi’s application for judicial review is currently pending before the Supreme
Court. Mr. Naseem was the subject of two previous communications dated 14 October
2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN 23/2014, and 12 February 2015, see
A/HRC/29/50, case no. IRN 3/2015.
IRN 6/2015
04/06/2015 Iran (Islamic
JUA
Republic of)
Arbitrary
detention;
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Independence of
judges and
lawyers; Iran;
Torture;
Alleged arbitrary arrest and detention, prolonged solitary confinement and unfair trial of 04/03/2016
16/03/2016
an artist and two journalists. According to the information received, on 26 February
2015, Ms. Atena Farghadani, a graphic arts student who had been detained in Gharchak
prison since August 2014, was taken to hospital after suffering a heart attack. After
release from hospital, Ms. Farghadani was reportedly taken to Evin prison where she is
being held in solitary confinement. On 19 May 2015 her trial commenced on charges of,
inter alia, “spreading propaganda against the system”, and “insulting the Supreme
Leader”, and on 1 June 2015, she was reportedly sentenced to 12 years and nine months
in prison. It is reported that her lawyer was not allowed to review her case file. On 22
July 2014, Mr. Jason Rezaian, an American-Iranian journalist, was arrested together with
his wife, Ms. Yeganeh Salehi, also a journalist. Ms. Salehi was released on bail in
October 2014. In April 2015, Mr. Rezaian was formally charged with espionage. Mr.
Rezaian’s and Ms. Salehi’s trial started on 26 May 2015. During his detention, Mr.
Rezaian spent a number of months in solitary confinement, during which he was
interrogated repeatedly. Ms. Farghadani and Mr. Rezaian were the subject of two
previous communications sent on 6 August 2014, see A/HRC/28/85, case no. IRN
16/2014, and on 16 January 2015, see A/HRC/29/50, case no. IRN 1/2015.
A/HRC/32/53
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