A/HRC/4/33/Add.1 Page 114 Para 91. Country Date 13/04/06 Type JUA Mandate WGAD; TOR; VAW; Allegations transmitted Government Response held at an undisclosed location. Their families have not been told where they are or what they have been charged with. The security forces also searched their houses and confiscated documents and personal computers. The men are former members of Kurdish opposition parties, and had been arrested a few years ago. They were subsequently released, but kept under supervision by the Ministry of Intelligence. Ms Masouma Kaabi, aged 28, her son A. aged 4, Ms Hoda Hawashem, aged 24, her sons A. aged 4, and O. aged 2, Ms Soghra Khudayrawi, her son Z. aged 4, and Ms Sakina Naisi. Masouma Kaabi is the wife of Ahwazi political activist Habib Nabgan, who has fled Iran. She was arrested on 8 March 2006 together with her son and is held at Sepidar Prison, Ahwaz City, Khuzestan Province. Habib Nabgan was informed that his wife and son will be tortured or killed if he does not return to Iran. Hoda Hawashem is the wife of Ahwazi activist Habib Faraj-allah. She was arrested together with her sons on or around 31 March 2006. They are currently held at an unknown location. Soghra Khudayrawi is the wife of Ahawazi activist Khalaf Derhab Khudayrawi. Ms Khudayrawi and her son were arrested on an unknown date and are currently held at Sepidar Prison. Sakina Naisi, the wife of Ahwazi activist Ahmad Naisi, was three months pregnant when she was arrested on 27 February 2006 and taken to Sepidar Prison. As a result of health problems she had problems with her pregnancy and lost her baby. The authorities destroyed her husband’s with “cooperation with the terrorist group of Kumeleh and complicity in assassinating an individual by the name of Ali Yasin Parast”. Mohammad Amin Salimian also has participated in assassination of another person named Rahman Qaderi. None of them have been able to provide bail and therefore have remained in custody. By letter dated 2/06/06, the Government reported that no legal record of Ms Hoda Hawashem and Ms Soghra Khudairawi has been found. Ms Masouma Kaabi and Ms Sakina Naisi have been charged with “measures against security of the state” and both have been released on bail on 15 May 2006 and 19 April 2006, respectively.