Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders A/HRC/34/52/Add.1 para 398 Full recommendation: The Special Rapporteur urges the Iranian Government to immediately drop all charges against Ms. Rahemipour and to halt any acts of retaliation against relatives, witnesses and human rights defenders who report cases of enforced disappearances, pursuant to article 13 (3) and (5) of the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance adopted by General Assemble resolution 47/133. Assessment A. The Special Rapporteur urges the Iranian Government to immediately drop all charges against Ms. Rahemipour. The Iranian Government failed to immediately drop all charges against Ms. Raheleh Rahemipour. Ms. Rahemipour was sentenced to one year imprisonment in January 2017 after Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran convicted her of “spreading propaganda against the system” through her peaceful efforts to learn the truth about the whereabouts of her brother Hossein Rahemipour, who was summarily executed in 1984, and his baby daughter Golrou Rahemipour, who forcibly disappeared 15 days after she was born in Evin prison. In May 2018, Ms. Rahemipour faced a second trial, again on the charge of “spreading propaganda against the system”, following her complaint filed with the UN on the enforced disappearance of her brother and infant daughter. The Ministry of Intelligence reportedly told Ms. Rahemipour that the prosecution would cease if she withdrew her complaint.1 Ms. Rahemipour was ultimately sentenced to pay a fine.2 Ms. Rahemipour was again arrested in November 2019 before being released on bail the following month.3 B. The Special Rapporteur urges the Iranian Government to halt any acts of retaliation against relatives, witnesses and human rights defenders who report cases of enforced disappearances, pursuant to article 13 (3) and (5) of the Declaration on the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance adopted by General Assemble resolution 47/133. 1 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2018/05/iran-raheleh-rahemipour-goes-on-trial/ Iran Human Rights, https://iranhr.net/en/articles/3694/ 3 United for Iran, https://ipa.united4iran.org/en/prisoner/3705/ 2 1

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