The Islamic Republic of Iran has not investigated all allegations of physical and psychological torture or the denial of due process rights. Regarding the 2009 protests, the Iranian Government has not established an extensive, impartial and independent investigation into the violence in the weeks and months that followed the presidential election. B. The Special Rapporteur reiterates his call for immediate release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience Regarding the release of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, the Islamic Republic of Iran has released some detainees, such as Narges Mohammadi,52 but other human rights defenders, including Nasrin Sotoudeh53 and Arash Sadeghi,54 are still in prison as of February 2021.55 Iranian authorities frequently resort to the aforementioned legal provisions to intimidate, arrest and prosecute individuals who peacefully exercise their rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly, including journalists and media workers, trade unionists, lawyers, environmental and abolitionist activists.56 57 58 Those targeted under these legal provisions, are reportedly, disproportionately members of minorities.59 60 61 62 63 C. The Special Rapporteur requests that the treatment of prisoners meet minimum international and national standards and that prisoners are granted adequate access to medical care, in accordance with international standards and Iranian law 52 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/2340/ United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/4445/ 54 United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/1931/ 55 See more: United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/ 56 See more: Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, https://iranhrdc.org/controlled-and-pursued-labor-activism-incontemporary-iran/ 57 See more: Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort, https://www.ecpm.org/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-iran-2020-gb-070420WEB.pdf 58 See more: Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee from ARTICLE 19, Small Media, Human Rights Activists in Iran Impact Iran, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CCPR_ICS_IRN_42315_E.pdf 59 See more: Association for the human rights of the Azerbaijani people in Iran, http://www.ahraz.org/association-for-the-humanrights-of-the-azerbaijani-people-in-iran-ahrazs-repot-regarding-the-current-situation-of-the-azerbaijani-arrestees-that-arearrested-during-the-recent-protests-nove/ 60 See more: Kurdistan Human Rights Geneva, https://kmmk-ge.org/sd/annual-report-2020/ 61 See more: United For Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/ 62 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://iranhumanrights.org/2020/10/more-bahais-begin-serving-prison-sentences-in-iransimply-for-their-beliefs/ 63 See more: Joint submission to the Human Rights Committee from All Human Rights for All in Iran, Association for Human Rights in Kurdistan – Geneva, Association for the Human Rights of the Azerbaijani People in Iran, Iran Human Rights Documentation Center, OutRight International, Siamak Pourzand Foundation, Small Media, Impact Iran, 2020, https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CCPR/Shared%20Documents/IRN/INT_CCPR_NGO_IRN_42317_E.pdf 53 6