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The decision fits a broader \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hrw.org\/blog-feed\/iranian-society-under-crackdown\u0022\u003Epattern of repression\u003C\/a\u003E faced by civil society, but with the targeting of IAPSRS, authorities are now even shuttering groups that have been officially registered with the government.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIranian authorities arrested the organization\u2019s founder, Sharmin Meymandinejad, along with two of his colleagues, on July 21, 2020, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/en.radiofarda.com\/a\/iran-charity-founder-arrested-for-allegations-of-insulting-leader\/30686120.html\u0022\u003Echarged\u003C\/a\u003E him with \u201cinsulting the [Supreme] Leader and founder of the Islamic Republic.\u201d Authorities also \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26141\u0026amp;LangID=E\u0022\u003Ereportedly raided\u003C\/a\u003E the IAPSRS\u2019s main office in Tehran and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sosapoverty.org\/news\/%d9%88%d8%a7%da%a9%d9%86%d8%b4-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa\/\u0022\u003Econfiscated\u003C\/a\u003E its electronic devices and financial documents.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.hra-news.org\/2020\/hranews\/a-27219\/\u0022\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E Meymandinejad\u2019s release on bail from detention on October 27, 2020. According to IAPSRS\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sosapoverty.org\/news\/%d9%88%d8%a7%da%a9%d9%86%d8%b4-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa\/\u0022\u003Estatement\u003C\/a\u003E, authorities held Meymaninejad in solitary confinement for the entire duration of his detention despite his deteriorating \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPSRS_EN\/status\/1305525407383465990?s=20\u0022\u003Ehealth\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThis is not the first apparent attempt to restrict IAPSRS\u2019s operations. A week after Meymandinejad\u2019s arrest, Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/EN\/NewsEvents\/Pages\/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=26141\u0026amp;LangID=E\u0022\u003Ereleased a statement\u003C\/a\u003E on her \u201calarm\u201d at authorities\u2019 apparent \u0022attempt to close down the organization.\u201d She stressed that the authorities\u2019 \u201cunlawful\u201d interference with the IAPSRS\u2019s work constituted a \u201csevere\u201d restriction on freedom of association.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAccording IAPSRS, judicial authorities are set to \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/sosapoverty.org\/news\/%d9%88%d8%a7%da%a9%d9%86%d8%b4-%d8%a8%d9%87-%d8%a7%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%b9%db%8c%d9%87-%d8%a7%d9%86%d8%ad%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%ac%d9%85%d8%b9%db%8c%d8%aa\/\u0022\u003Ereview\u003C\/a\u003E the Interior Ministry\u2019s order on March 3, 2021.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EIAPSRS focuses on poverty alleviation and other social protection programs. 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