Many political prisoners and prisoners of conscience remain in detention in the Islamic Republic of Iran.36 37 38 Despite the existence of several mechanisms that ostensibly accept complaints regarding violations of citizens' rights, such as the Article 90 Commission of the parliament (established based on Article 90 of the Constitution, offering a mechanism to citizens to file complaint against any of the three branches of power) and the Oversight Bodies for the exercise of Citizenship Rights in the country's provincial courts, there is no evidence to suggest that complaints to these bodies are independently reviewed and investigated.39 Additionally, as the State relies on the Iranian legal framework to repress the work of HRDs and civil society activists, access to justice is particularly limited. The above-mentioned information suggest that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has not been considering the immediate and unconditional release of civil society actors and human rights defenders prosecuted for protected activities, currently detained for activities protected by national and international law. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 36 See more: United for Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/ OHCHR News, https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25803&LangID=E 38 UN News, https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1074722 39 Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee, Abdorrahman Center, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center (IHRDC), Impact Iran and Human Rights Activists in Iran, 2020, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=INT%2fCCPR%2fICS%2fIRN%2f42313 &Lang=en 37 4