out of 13 seats on the municipal council had been won by Arab candidates, which many suspected was the result of fraud. The Baluchi, Kurdish and Turkmen minorities are also underrepresented in high-and-medium-ranking political posts according to Minority Rights Group International.44 Additionally, Members of minorities face serious hurdles in accessing public sector employment due to the gozinesh process.45 Such process bars de facto minorities or anyone who are unable or unwilling to accept religious requirements (notably adhering to Islam) from seeking employment in the public sector.46 47 48 Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 44 Minority Rights Group International, Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, Centre for Supporters of Human Rights, Rights Denied: Violations against ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, March 2018, p.28, accessible at: https://minorityrights.org/wpcontent/uploads/2018/03/Rights-Denied-Violations-against-ethnic-and-religious-minorities-in-Iran.pdf 45 See http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/92541 (in Persian). 46 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, 18 July 2019, https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N19/222/62/PDF/N1922262.pdf?OpenElement 47 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2017/05/most-yarsani-religious-minority-candidatesdisqualified-from-irans-2017-councils-elections/ 48 Baha’i International Community, Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Iran, 2019, https://undocs.org/A/HRC/WG.6/34/IRN/3 7