medical check-ups, and that their medical needs should be addressed to the extent possible unless transfer to treatment centers outside the prison is considered necessary.45 46 Special Procedures of the UN have sent numerous communications raising concerns about the health conditions of a number of prisoners while in detention, more recently raising concerns about added health risks brought in detention by the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases highlighted by UN Special Procedures include, but are not limited to, Mr. Arash Sadeghi47 4849 Mr. Farhad Meysami50 51 52 53 and Mr. Soheil Arabi.54 55 56 A report published by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center in partnership with the Human Rights Activists News Agency found that conditions of detentions have further deteriorated since the COVID-19 pandemic started. Prisons’ overcrowding facilitated the proliferation of COVID19 cases in several prisons.57 Such concerns have been echoed by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran in his report published in July 2020.58 Documents recently leaked to Amnesty International indicate that Iran’s Ministry of Health has repeatedly ignored urgent appeals from the Prisons Organization to remedy the widespread shortages of the protective equipment, disinfectant products, and medical supplies needed to fight the pandemic.59 There is insufficient information to indicate whether the Iranian authorities adequately address and adjudicate detainees' complaints of violations of their right to access medical treatment. Reports mentioned above indicate that detainees’ have been regularly denied adequate access to medical treatment. 45 See more: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, https://iranhrdc.org/rights-disregarded-prisons-in-the-islamic-republicof-iran/ 46 See more: Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1341962016ENGLISH.PDF 47 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/1931/ 48 Special Procedures Communication sent to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 8 September 2020, UA IRN 21/2020, https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=25522 49 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4290/ 50 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/4599/ 51 Special Procedures Communication sent to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 3 October 2018, UA IRN 12/2018, https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=24120 52 Front Line Defenders, https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/human-rights-defender-farhad-meysami-spends-eight-dayssolitary-confinement-after-contracting 53 https://iranhr.net/media/files/HRD_Report_Iran_Human_Rights_Eng.pdf 54 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/1917/ 55 Front Line Defenders, https://www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/case/continued-detention-iranian-blogger-soheil-arabi-andjudicial-harassment-his-mother 56 https://iranhr.net/en/articles/4576/ 57 HRANA, https://www.en-hrana.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/COVID19_FEAR_IN_IRANS_PRISONS_.pdf 58 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, July 2020, https://undocs.org/A/75/213 59 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2020/07/iran-leaked-letters-reveal-state-denial-of-covid19crisis-in-prisons/ 7