A- General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers concerning the conditions of
the Faili Kurds in Iran and according to our book with a number of 3745 in
20/8/2017, the General Secretariat of the Council of Ministers / Department
of Cabinet Affairs replied, explaining that it is serious in developing appropriate
solutions to the problems of the Faili Kurds, follow-up their applications and
their access to their rights and the settlement of their grievances in accordance
with the laws and decisions of the Council of Ministers numbered (426) for the
year 2010 and (139) for the year 2106 and (163) for the year 2017 , so the
Commission is in the process of request to activate and follow-up procedures
and mechanisms of action needed on Subject according to jurisdiction in
accordance with the provisions of the law of the Commission (53) for the year
2008 amended.
B- Ministry of the Interior / Directorate of Nationality Affairs to facilitate the
procedures, for granting citizenship, to the returnees of the Faili Kurds
according to our book No. (2186) on 2/5/2017 and the response of the Ministry
of Interior - Human Rights Department was received under its letter No. (1041)
of 15/6/2017, which confirms permanently that the Ministry of the Interior has
formed specialized committees in the departments of nationality to complete
the transactions of the members of Faili Kurds, according to decisions and
directions, and it have been already completed a large number of transactions.
C- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs / According to our book No. (2186) on
2/5/2017, regarding the suspending files of the Iraqis in the Iranian camps,
including the Faili Kurds. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us in their
letter (1041) on 5/6/2017 of the series of measures taken over Faili Kurds in
coordination with Ministry of Displacement and the Iranian Government
through our embassy in Tehran.
D- Addressing the Ministry of Reconstruction &, Housing and Public
Municipalities under our letter No. (2781) dated 4/6/2017 concerning our
request to include the sons of the Faili Kurds to obtain apartments and houses
of low cost, implemented by the ministry and exceptionally as a kind of positive
discrimination. The response of the ministry was received under letter no.
(5261) of 22/10/2018, which stated that the Council of Ministers has discussed
the letter of the Commission in this regard and will take the necessary action.
Recommendations:
1. Prompt the Government (Central Statistical Organization) to prepare statistics
on the extent to which minorities enjoy economic, social and cultural rights
disaggregated by ethnic origin, age and gender.
2. Follow-up the procedures and measures for the process of returning the
nationality of the members of the Faili Kurds, and to identify the progress
made in this process as well as the process of returning and compensating their
property.
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