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under any circumstance. All forms of enforced disappearances of children are preventable.
States should therefore enhance legislative, administrative, social and educational measures
to prevent children from becoming victims of enforced disappearance.24
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Standard procedure
64.
Under its standard procedure, the Working Group transmitted four cases to the
Government concerning:
(a)
Ahmad Raouf Basharidoust, a national of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a
student, who was allegedly arrested in August 1988 by members of the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (Pasdaran) and detained in Oroumieh prison, in the north-west of the country.
He was last seen in Oroumieh prison in the first half of 1988. His whereabouts are unknown;
(b)
Amir Mehran Bigham, a national of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a student,
who was allegedly arrested on 20 June 1981 at Kajar Place, Alborz Province, by members of
the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (Pasdaran) and was then imprisoned in an unknown
location;
(c)
Zahra Bijanyar, a national of the Islamic Republic of Iran and an employee,
who was allegedly arrested in September 1980 by members of the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (Pasdaran) and sentenced to 10 years in prison. She was allegedly last seen in
September 1988 in Evin prison;
(d)
Yones Ghodrati, a national of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a student, who
was allegedly arrested on 14 May 1985 in Tehran by members of the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps (Pasdaran) and taken to an unknown location.
Application of the six-month rule
65.
The Government provided information, on the basis of which the Working Group
decided to apply the six-month rule to one case, concerning Mohammad Adwaiy.
Information from the Government
66.
On 26 July 2021, the Government transmitted information concerning one case, but
the information was considered insufficient to clarify the case.
Clarification based on information from sources
67.
On the basis of information provided by sources, the Working Group decided to
clarify the case of Manouchehr Bakhtiyari, who is reportedly in detention.
Joint urgent appeals
68.
On 16 August 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special
procedure mechanisms, an urgent appeal concerning the enforced disappearances of
Hamidulah Arbabi and Falah Heidari, members of the Baloch and Arab minorities
respectively.25
69.
On 27 August 2021, the Working Group transmitted, jointly with other special
procedure mechanisms, an urgent appeal concerning the imminent execution of Heidar
Ghorbani, a national of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a member of the Kurdish minority.
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A/HRC/WGEID/98/1 and A/HRC/WGEID/98/1/Corr.1, para. 11.
See IRN 21/2021. A reply from the Government was received after the end of the 125th session and
will be reflected in the report of the Working Group to be adopted at its 126th session
(A/HRC/WGEID/126/1).