Dr. Mohammad Ali Taheri
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2015-025-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2015
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 32.427908
Longitude: 53.688046
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Iran
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Unclear
- Dates of prior UN action
- 25 November 2014
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Civil/political rights
- Was the victim a civil servant, member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
or engaging with the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran (A/HRC/28/85, case IRN 28/2014); media outlets released a letter that Dr. Taheri had addressed to the Special Rapporteur, in which he described human rights violations being committed in prisons in the Islamic Republic of Iran.
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Special Procedures: country
- Dates of engagement
- June 2014
- Type of attempted engagement
- Submission of information to UN
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 2 July 2014; October 2014
- Reprisal information
who is serving a five-year prison sentence in solitary confinement; On 2 July, the authorities reportedly arrested and detained his wife, releasing her only after she pledged to remain silent. A new charge of “corruption on earth” carrying the death penalty was subsequently brought against Dr. Taheri. In response, in October 2014, Dr. Taheri went on a hunger strike and, at the time of transmission of the communication, reportedly risked dying in detention (ibid.) In June 2014, media outlets released a letter that Dr. Taheri had addressed to the Special Rapporteur, in which he described human rights violations being committed in prisons in the Islamic Republic of Iran. On 2 July, the authorities reportedly arrested and detained his wife, releasing her only after she pledged to remain silent. A new charge of “corruption on earth” carrying the death penalty was subsequently brought against Dr. Taheri.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Family/friends/acquaintances targeted
- Physical attack: Torture/Cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Further case development
In response, in October 2014, Dr. Taheri went on a hunger strike and, at the time of transmission of the communication, reportedly risked dying in detention (ibid.).
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0