25.The case of Ms. Raheleh Rahemipor was referred to in the 2017 report of the Secretary-General (see A/HRC/36/31, para 37 and Annex, paras. 41-42.On 16 May 2018, four special procedures mandate holdersraised concerns over allegations of reprisals in the form of continuous judicial harassment for her efforts in seeking the truth about the fate and whereabouts of her brother and his infant daughter (IRN9/2018). Ms. Rahemipor is a 65year-old human rights defender, the sister of Mr. Hossein Rahemipor and the aunt to his infant daughter, whose disappearances have been registered with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearancessince June 2016. 26.In February 2017, Ms. Rahemipor was sentenced by the Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran to a year in prison “for spreading propaganda against the system.” In September 2017, she was arrested while her first case was stillpending in the court of appeal. During her interrogation, she was allegedly pressured to withdraw the complaints that stand before the Working Group and in return the prosecution against her, would be stopped, which she refused.She was released on bail after being held in detention for one month.Similar concerns were raised in previous communications sent by the special procedures on 5 August 2016 (IRN 23/2016), on 22 November 2016 (IRN 29/2016), on 26January 2017 (IRN 3/2017) and on 18 September 2017 (IRN 27/2017). A reference to her case was included in the February 2018 report of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in Iran (see A/HRC/37/24, para.47).A response by the Government was received on 27 October 2017 but it did not addressthe allegation that Ms. Rahemipor is being judicially harassed as a form of reprisal because she registered the disappearance of her brother and niece with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. 27.On 5 May 2018, it was further reported that Ms. Rahemipor was tried by the Branch 28 of Tehran Revolutionary Court on the same charge as in February 2017, of “spreading propaganda against the system” for informing the Working Group about the cases of her relatives and for participating in peaceful protests with other activists, where she held a poster reading “You killed my brother. What did you do with his child?” During the court session, the judge humiliated and verbally abused her for having communicated with organizations outside Iran including United Nations bodies. The judge said that the authorities made a mistake by releasing her on bail in the first case against her, and that she should have been kept in prison. While she is awaiting the outcome of this new trial, her other case in the appeal court is still pending.

The case of Ms. Raheleh Rahemipor was included in the 2017 (A/HRC/36/31, para. 37 and Annex, paras. 41–42) and 2018 (A/HRC/39/41, Annex II, paras. 25–27) reports of the Secretary-General concerning allegations of continuous judicial harassment for her efforts in seeking the truth about the fate and whereabouts of her brother, Mr. Hossein Rahemipor, and his infant daughter, raised by special procedures mandate holders (IRN 9/2018). Their disappearances have been registered with the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances since June 2016. In 2017, Ms. Rahemipor was sentenced to a year in prison “for spreading propaganda against the system” and arrested while her first case was under appeal. During interrogation, she was allegedly pressured to withdraw the complaints to the Working Group, which she refused. The situation was addressed by several special procedures (IRN 23/2016; IRN 29/2016; IRN 3/2017; IRN 27/2017) as well as in the February 2018 Secretary-General’s report on the human rights situation in Iran (see A/HRC/37/24, para. 47). 61. The Government responded on 4 September 2018 stating that the allegations were false and that Ms. Rahemipor had circulated fabricated claims with the help of a terrorist group. However, her sentencing had not been finalized and she was not in prison. 139 According to reports, on 9 April 2019 Ms. Rahemipor was informed that her previously imposed prison sentence had been changed to a fine.