was made available only to scholars and researchers at the Centre for Research in Tehran 40 until 2014 when all volumes had reportedly disappeared from the Ministry of Interior and the Ministry of Health.41 The study showed that about 66 per cent of women sampled responded that they had been subjected to domestic violence in the first year of their marriage.42 43 Despite the lack of comprehensive official data, cases of domestic violence are regularly reported and considered widespread in the Islamic Republic of Iran.44 45 In January 2021, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran reported that “hotline and 358 social emergency units had been established across the country to respond to social issues” including domestic violence and that “8 per cent of calls to the hotline and 10 per cent of in-person social emergency unit visits concern violence against women”.46 In July 2019, the head of the Medical Examiner’s Office of Tehran Province reportedly announced that more than 16,420 cases of domestic violence had been reported to the office, an increase since 2018.47 In February 2019, Habibollah Massoudi Farbod, deputy of social affairs of the State’s Welfare Organization reportedly announced that during 2018, about 10 thousand calls relating to violence against women were made to the public social welfare hotlines.48 In April 2020, Mahmoud Aligoo, the head of the department of social harms of the State’s Welfare Organisation reportedly announced a dramatic increase in the number of cases of domestic violence, as Iran was going through a governmental mandated lockdown to combat the spread of the virus COVID-19. 49 50 Yet, cases of domestic violence are believed to be largely underreported.51 In light of the above, the Islamic Republic of Iran has not brought its national laws in conformity with the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 40 Moradian, A., Domestic Violence against Single and Married Women in Iranian Society, The Chicago School of Professional Society, August 2009 https://iranian.com/2009/09/10/domestic-violence-against-single-and-married-women-in-iranian-society/ 41 Young Journalists Club, https://www.yjc.ir/fa/amp/news/5055566 ; Ceasefire Centre for Civilian Rights, Centre for Supporters of Human Rights and Minority Rights Group International September 2019, https://www.justice.gov/eoir/page/file/1203136/download 42 Moradian, A., Domestic Violence against Single and Married Women in Iranian Society, The Chicago School of Professional Society, August 2009 https://iranian.com/2009/09/10/domestic-violence-against-single-and-married-women-in-iranian-society/ 43 ISNA https://bit.ly/2OBLIsM 44 Amnesty International, ‘Iran 2019’, https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/middle-east-and-north-africa/iran/report-iran/ 45 Human Rights Activists in Iran En-HRANA, 2019 report, https://www.en-hrana.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/HranaAnnual-Report-2019.pdf 46 Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, January 2021, https://undocs.org/Home/Mobile?FinalSymbol=A%2Fhrc%2F46%2F50&Language=E&DeviceType=Desktop 47 Human Rights Activists News Agency, 2019, https://www.en-hrana.org/increase-in-domestic-violence-in-tehran-more-than16-thousand-cases-were-filed 48 Human Rights Activists News Agency, 2020, https://www.en-hrana.org/domestic-violence-increased-during-coronavirusquarantines-and-stay-at-home-orders 49 Ibid. 50 IRNA, 2020, https://bit.ly/38UoMfB 51 Center for Human Rights in Iran, 2018, https://iranhumanrights.org/2018/11/iran-must-pass-legislation-to-protect-womenagainst-violence/ 5