A/HRC/57/60 Supreme Leader,” a sentence that was upheld by the sixth chamber of Karaj’s Revolutionary court on 13 February 2024. 129. According to information received by OHCHR, on 9 January 2024, Mr. Bakhtiyari was sentenced on a different case against him to 18 years’ imprisonment and 74 lashes by the first Chamber of the Karaj’s Revolutionary Court on multiple charges. These charges included “gathering and collusion to commit a crime against security and forming and managing a group on cyberspace with the aim of disrupting the security of the country,” charges of “propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic and harming public opinion,” of “cooperating with groups opposed to the Islamic Republic and of “spreading lies”. Reportedly, the Court decision made an explicit reference to “the publication of false information through a complaint against the country to the United Nations Human Rights Council.” Allegedly, on 20 April 2024 the 1st Chamber of the Alborz province’s Appeal Court overturned the convictions on procedural grounds, namely “lack of jurisdiction”. 130. The case of stigmatization and threats against family members of journalists of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Persian service for the journalists’ statement at the Human Rights Council was included in the 2019 and 2020 reports of the Secretary General on reprisals.129 On 24 April 2024, special procedures mandate holders addressed the recent detention of family members of a BBC News Persian staff member by the Intelligence Service. The family members were allegedly interrogated about the whereabouts and motivations of the BBC journalist and threatened with solitary confinement. (IRN 7/2024). Mandate holders also addressed allegations of the conviction in absentia of ten current and former BBC News Persian journalists in February 2022 for the crime of “propaganda against the Islamic Republic”, that only become publicly known in February 2024. (IRN 7/2024). 131. On 19 December 2023, the General Assembly in resolution 78/220 on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran called upon the Iranian authorities to end reprisals against individuals who cooperate or attempt to cooperate with the United Nations human rights mechanisms. 132. In its report to the Human Rights Council, the Fact Finding Mission on Iran thanked those who had contributed to the investigation by providing material and analysis, and particularly victims, their families, and witnesses, who had taken risks to give their first-hand accounts, adding that under no circumstances should anyone face reprisals for their cooperation with the mission. (A/HRC/55/67 para. 3). The fact-finding mission clarified that the names and details of those concerned had been withheld in the report due to fear of reprisals and that its initial protection assessment indicated that individuals who speak out about the human rights situation in Iran and who engage with United Nations mechanisms have been subjected to reprisals. (A/HRC/55/CRP.1, paras. 39 and 40). 17. Israel 133. The cases of six Palestinian human rights and humanitarian organizations, namely the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer), Al Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development (Bisan), Defense for Children International – Palestine, (DCI-P), the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC), and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC) were included in the 2022 and 2023 reports of the Secretary-General on allegations that their designations as “terror[ist] organizations” under the Counter-Terrorism Law 5776 of 2016 were related to their cooperation with the United Nations and their human rights and humanitarian work. 130 UN actors condemned the designations131 and noted the critical work of these long-standing key partners of the United Nations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. 132 129 130 131 132 58 A/HRC/42/30, para. 59, and Annex I paras. 54–55, A/HRC/45/36 paras. 77–79. A/HRC/51/47, Annex I, paras. 35–39, A/HRC/54/61, Annex II, paras. 89–97. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2021/10/un-experts-condemn-israels-designationpalestinian-human-rights-defenders. A/HRC/49/25 para. 36. GE.24-14259