Foundation progress , Maat for Peace, Development, and Human Rights (Egypt) This report is to clarify and track the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran, and to monitor the most important changes related to it. The Iranian government commits massive violations of basic human rights on a daily basis, more specifically freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. Human rights defenders and journalists are subject to arrest, detention and unfair trial, and journalists are subjected to flogging for their criticism of the government. Judicial harassment is one of the most common methods of silencing human rights defenders and independent voices, and vaguely worded charges of "acting against national security" or "propaganda against the system" are often used. Many are convicted in the absence of their lawyers, and on the basis of confessions extracted under Torture.

The Maat Foundation analyzed the documents and results of Iran's submission to the Universal Periodic Review in its second session in October 2014, when 291 recommendations were submitted to the Iranian government, of whom only 130 accepted recommendations and took note of 161 recommendations. During this period, Maat Foundation, through monitoring and analysis, assessed the extent of the Iranian government's commitment to implementing these recommendations, by compiling and classifying available information on the human rights situation in Iran, with the aim of preparing this report.