allow such “confessions” as admissible evidence. NGOs24 25 26and OHCHR27 have reported numerous cases of confessions extracted from torture, used as primary evidence and on which judges have based their verdicts, including in death penalty cases. The Government and Parliament of the Islamic Republic of Iran do not ensure that confessions obtained through torture and ill-treatment are never admitted as evidence against the accused. Recommendation Status: This recommendation has NOT been implemented. 24 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/kamal-molaii) 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) 25 Center for Human Rights in Iran, https://www.iranhumanrights.org/2020/05/they-aimed-at-my-sons-head-report-revealscarnage-in-crushed-iran-protests/ 26 Amnesty International, https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/MDE1328912020ENGLISH.PDF 27 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