Non-legal and partisan nature of Special Rapporteur’s report on human rights in Iran

Having a look into the content of these reports, which are available on the website of the Human Rights Council and the page of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Iran, it can be seen that Javid Rahman's reports have a weak and biased content in terms of human rights and their legal aspect is a place of doubt.

Firstly, the Special Rapporteur does not use credible sources in his reports, and by simply looking at his references in the footnotes, it can be seen that he has relied on the news of yellow publications and even the invalid pages of social networks which are used to evaluate and decide on an invalid issue. Such a report cannot be a legal document to report on the human rights situation in a country.

Secondly, in the content of Mr. Rahman’s reports, the amount of official correspondence on topics is low, and he uses correspondence and interviews with people who have political intentions, and sometimes the material that is provided to him is based on personal love and hate rather than human rights facts.

Thirdly, in the reports of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights, the US unilateral sanctions, which are contrary to international law and violate a set of fundamental rights of the Iranian people and the effect of these sanctions on the violation of the Iranian people and their conflict with international human rights are less addressed. This lack of clarity in his reports indicates that these reports fall far short of the principles of international law.

Fourthly, the text of Javid Rahman’s report contains issues that are contrary to the laws of Iran, especially the Code of Criminal Procedure, and issues such as deprivation of the right to choose a lawyer or detention without a warrant, all of which are against the text of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Such information is a clear contradiction and is very far from the reality of the issues and is untrue. Accordingly, the publication of this material confirms that Mr. Rahman and his colleagues are not informed about Iran’s criminal law.

A general overview of the three periods of the report of Javid Rahman, Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran, shows that the content of this report is inconsistent with the rules of public international law, in conflict with the existing facts and the law of Iran. Lack of credible sources and inconsistencies with domestic law drastically reduces the credibility of these reports and the possibility of citing them, making it a biased declaration with no legal value.