High Council for Human Rights Secretary General Mohammad Javad Larijani Office of the Head of the Judiciary Esfandiar Boulvard Pasteur Intersection of Niyayesh Street Vali Asr Avenue Tehran ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN Heerhugowaard, datum Your Excellency, I am writing you to express my great concern about the situation of a group of four Human Rights defenders, who already for a long time are harassed by the Iranian authorities, because of their peaceful activities as human rights defenders. I have great concern about GOLROKH EBRAHIMI IRAEE ARASH SADEGHI ATENA DAEMI and OMID ALISHENAS Since September 2014 these people are prosecuted solely because of peaceful using their rights of freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Some of them were released, but a few months later arrested again. Therefore I urge Your Excellency to do everything what is in Your power, to quash all convictions and sentences of these four people as they are prisoners of conscience. Some of them, especially ARASH SADEGHI has a bad health and need medical care outside the prison. ARASH SADEGHI has had a cancerous tumour in his right arm. This tumor has been removed, but he needs very urgent follow-up cancer treatment. Finally, I call on you to recognize the legitimacy of the work of human rights defenders, and in particular the right to carry out their activities without any restrictions or fear of reprisals, as set out in the 1998 UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders. Thank you for your attention in this important matter, and I am looking forward to positive results and news. Yours sincerely and respectfully, (ondertekening handtekening + naam en adres) The Netherlands