Narges Mohammadi is a prominent human rights lawyer and activist, as well as the deputy director and spokesperson for the Defenders of Human Rights Centre (“DHRC”) in Iran. On 5 May 2015 she was arrested and imprisoned. Organizations believe that Iranian authorities have harassed and detained Narges Mohammadi in order to prevent her from carrying out peaceful human rights activities, and that her ongoing detention constitutes part of a trend of harassment and intimidation against human rights defenders in Iran. Reference is made to Articles 16 and 23 of the UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers.