A/HRC/16/53/Add.1 (b) No response received from the Government (c) Observations by the Special Rapporteur 193. The Special Rapporteur regrets that he has so far not received a reply from the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning the above mentioned allegations. He is very concerned by the arrest and detention of members of the Bahá’í community and the continued violations of their freedom of religion or belief. 194. With regard to the judgement of 7 August 2010 against Ms. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Afif Naeimi, Mr. Saeid Rezaie, Mr. Behrouz Tavakkoli, Mr. Vahid Tizfahm and Ms. Mahvash Sabet, he would like to remind that their case has been the subject of previous communications sent jointly by several Special Procedures mandateholders (see summaries of the communications and the government’s reply in A/HRC/10/8/Add.1, paras. 93-94 and paras. 101-112; A/HRC/13/40/Add.1, paras. 130135). Furthermore, the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention issued Opinion No. 34/2008 (A/HRC/13/30/Add.1, pages 142-145) stating that the detention of the individuals in this case was arbitrary and contrary to articles 9, 10 and 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 9, 14 and 18 of the International Covenant and Civil and Political Rights, to which the Islamic Republic of Iran is a State party. The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention also held that this case fell within category II of the categories applicable to the consideration of the cases submitted to the Working Group and called for the immediate and unconditional release of the above-mentioned persons. 195. In addition, the case of Mr. Davar Nabilzadeh was already taken up in a communication sent on 11 October 2005 jointly by the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief and the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of to freedom of opinion and expression (see E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1, para. 195). 196. The Special Rapporteur would also like to take this opportunity to reiterate his wish to conduct a country visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran in the framework of his mandate in 2011. Already in November 2003, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran extended an invitation for a country visit by the Special Rapporteur. Despite the standing invitation issued by the Islamic Republic of Iran and several reminder letters sent by the Special Rapporteur (in September 2006, April 2008 and November 2010), however, neither his predecessor nor the current mandate-holder have so far been able to receive dates on which the Special Rapporteur could conduct such an official country visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran. K. Iraq Communication sent on 15 November 2010 jointly with the Independent Expert on Minority Issues (a) Allegations transmitted to the Government 197. The Special Procedures mandate holders brought to the attention of the Government information regarding recent terrorist attacks deliberately targeting locations where civilians congregate, including Christian and Muslim places of worship in Baghdad, Karbala and Najaf. 198. According to the information received, on 31 October 2010, at least 50 civilians, including the Catholic priests Rev. Saad Abdal Tha’ir, Rev. Waseem Tabeeh and Rev. Raphael Qatin, were killed and dozens of others wounded during the attempted rescue of worshippers who had been taken hostage in the Our Lady of Salvation church in the Karrada neighbourhood of Baghdad. Seven or eight militants, allegedly from an 40