“confessions” as evidence. NGOs23 24 25and OHCHR26 have reported numerous cases of confessions that were extracted using torture, being used as primary evidence in cases before the courts and on which judges have based their verdicts on, including in death penalty cases. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not ensured that no one is coerced into testifying against themselves or others. Nor has Iran guaranteed that confessions obtained by torture will be accepted as evidence in court. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 23 Cases documented by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center Omid memorial case of Ehsanollah Ehsani, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/8037/ehsanollah-ehsani) Omid memorial case of Kamal Molaii, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/-7624/kamalmolaii) Omid memorial case of HadiRashedi, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/71726/hadirashedi) Omid memorial case of Loqman Moradi, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/8169/loqman- moradi) Omid memorial case of Sattar Beheshti, Abdorrahman Boroumand Center (https://www.iranrights.org/memorial/story/7809/sattar- beheshti) 24 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2020/05/they-aimed-at-my-sons-head-report-revealscarnage-in-crushed-iran-protests/ 25 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1328912020ENGLISH.PDF 26 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 5