the Convention of the Rights of the Child’s is “to set up plans and programs to promote the child rights and respect to their character” and to monitor and assess the implementation of child rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran,70 there is no readily available information that might indicate the existence of initiatives aiming at addressing cases of harassment, bullying and expulsion from school of children based on their gender identity and sexual orientation. In light of the above, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not taken effective measures, including accountability, to put an end to discrimination against religious, ethnic and linguistic minorities, children born out of wedlock and asylum-seeking and refugee children. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not ensured that those responsible for any forms of discrimination against such groups are held accountable. The Islamic Republic of Iran has not decriminalised same-sex relations and has not taken measures to eliminate discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and intersex children. Although State recognition and support have given transgender individuals a certain level of legal legitimisation, it also has reinforced the societal stigma due to the pathologisation of transgender identities: that trans persons suffer from a medical condition which requires treatment. Meanwhile transgender children who have not been legally recognised face discrimination in the Islamic Republic of Iran. 71 72 Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 70 Article 2 National Body for the Convention on the Rights of the Child Bylaws Small Media, 2018, https://smallmedia.org.uk/media/projects/files/BreakingTheSilence_2018.pdf 72 Outright International, 2016, https://outrightinternational.org/sites/default/files/OutRightTransReport.pdf 71 9