A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 116 Para 95. Country Date 10/05/06 Type JUA Mandate SUMX; TOR; Allegations transmitted he was arrested at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran after returning from a trip to India. No legal reasons or explanations were given for his arrest. Dr. Jahanbegloo, who is the Head of the Department for Contemporary Studies at Iran's Cultural Research Bureau, was later taken to Evin prison, where he is kept in incommunicado detention. Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi who is said to be at imminent risk of execution (communication dated 22 February 2006, see above). Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi was arrested in 2001 by Intelligence Ministry agents and charged with undermining national security and attempting to join the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran in Iraq. He was kept in solitary confinement for 546 days, during which time he was interrogated and subjected to torture. He was kept in a little, dimly lit cell and when moved for any purpose he was shackled, cuffed and blindfolded. Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi was sentenced to death by the 26th Branch of the Revolutionary Court in Tehran. At his trial, he rejected all the charges against him and had no legal representation. He is now being held in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj. Over the past two weeks, the prison chief and his executive deputy told Valiollah Feiz Mahdavi that he would be executed during the Persian New Year holidays. Government Response By letter dated 29/06/06, the Government drew attention to its letter of 15/03/06 (see above). The Government further reported that a process of amnesty for him has been initiated by relevant department in the Office of Public Prosecutor and the case is under consideration for this purpose. The sentence would not be carried out until this process reaches a clear conclusion on the case. It noted that the seriousness of the crime (undergoing military training by the Iraqi regime of Saddam Hussein aimed at the security of the state, and carrying explosives in a suitcase) has to be taken into account. He has been charged by the competent court (the only authority legally authorized to do this in the system of justice in Iran) and there has been no record of him being tortured, held in incommunicado or deprived from legal defence.