from an international organization and repatriation.
The Ministry of Social Affairs continued to provide trauma services and immediate shelter to an unknown number of female trafficking victims through 18 rehabilitation centers.The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection managed 247 integrated service centers, most of which were operated by provincial governments and served a wide range of vulnerable groups.The quality of care for victims varied widely across the country. Service centers were supported through government and private funds. The Ministry of Health was responsible for covering the costs of health care for victims, and national police hospitals were obligated to provide medical care at no cost. NGOs and government officials reported some hospital staff remained unaware of this duty or were unwilling to provide care without compensation.
The government continued to operate a toll-free hotline for overseas workers. During the year, it received 274 complaints, 16 of which were trafficking-related, including cases involving illegal recruitment or document falsification; the government referred these cases to police, but it was unknown if any resulted in trafficking investigations, prosecutions, or victims receiving protective services. The government had policies to provide legal assistance to victims, but it is unknown how many victims received this assistance. In October 2014, the government passed amendments to the 2006 Witness and Victim Protection and the 2002 Child Protection laws, which allow victims to obtain restitution from their traffickers, and there were reports that some victims were awarded compensation during the year, including 55 men subjected to forced labor on fishing vessels in international waters. There were no reports identified victims were punished for crimes committed as a result of being subjected to trafficking, but inadequate efforts to screen vulnerable groups proactively for trafficking indicators, including during raids to arrest persons in prostitution or combat illegal fishing, may have resulted in the punishment of some unidentified trafficking victims. The government did not provide legal alternatives to the removal of foreign victims to countries where they may face hardship or retribution.

PREVENTION
The government made minimal efforts to prevent trafficking. Most prevention efforts occurred at the district and province levels through 31 provincial anti-trafficking taskforces and 166 district or municipal anti-trafficking taskforces; funding for and activities undertaken by taskforces varied greatly across regions. The national anti-trafficking taskforce did not have a budget and was funded by participating ministries.The government and international organizations co-hosted two anti-trafficking awareness raising events for officials and law enforcement personnel. It also facilitated a training workshop on victim identification and witness protection for 35 authorities.
The government continued efforts to monitor outbound Indonesian workers and protect them from fraudulent recruitment and human trafficking through improving data collection, though it is unclear whether it used this data to identify or prevent trafficking cases effectively. The government revoked or suspended licenses for some companies engaged in unscrupulous recruitment, but failed to hold some accountable for fraudulent practices indicative of trafficking or investigate some trafficking situations. Indonesian authorities reported conducting raids on recruiting companies suspected of illegal practices, but did not report any subsequent punishments for illegal acts.The government did not report any

prosecutions or convictions of child sex tourists during the year, and it did not report efforts to reduce the demand for forced labor or commercial sex acts.The government provided military personnel with anti-trafficking training prior to their deployment abroad on international peacekeeping missions. It provided anti- trafficking training and guidance for its diplomatic personnel.

IRAN:  Tier 3 
Iran is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Accurate information on human trafficking, however, is difficult to obtain. Organized groups reportedly subject Iranian women, boys, and girls to sex trafficking in Iran, as well as in the United Arab Emirates and Europe. In 2013, traffickers forced Iranian women and girls into prostitution in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. From 2009-2015, there was a reported increase in the transport of girls from and through Iran en route to the Gulf where organized groups sexually exploited or forced them into marriages. In Tehran, Tabriz, and Astara, the number of teenage girls in prostitution continues to increase. Organized criminal groups force Iranian and immigrant children to work as beggars and in street vendor rings in cities, including Tehran. Physical and sexual abuse and drug addiction are the primary means of coercion. Some children are also forced to work in domestic workshops.Traffickers subject Afghan migrants, including boys, to forced labor in construction and agricultural sectors in Iran. Afghan boys are at high risk of experiencing sexual abuse by their employers and harassment or blackmailing by the Iranian security service and other government officials.Trafficking networks smuggle Afghan nationals living in Iran to Europe and subsequently force them to work in restaurants to pay off debts incurred by smuggling fees. Pakistani men and women migrate voluntarily to Iran for low-skilled employment, such as domestic work and construction. Organized groups subject some to forced labor, under which they experience debt bondage, restriction of movement, nonpayment of wages, and physical or sexual abuse. In previous years, there were reports government officials were involved in the sex trafficking of women and girls. Reports also indicated some officials operating shelters for runaway girls forced them into prostitution rings.
The Government of Iran does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so. As in previous reporting periods, the government did not share information on its anti-trafficking efforts. Publicly available information from NGOs, the media, international organizations, and other governments indicates the Iranian government is not taking sufficient steps to address its extensive trafficking challenges, particularly with regard to the protection of trafficking victims. The government, however, reportedly took some efforts to cooperate with governments in the region to combat trafficking, among other crimes.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IRAN:
Investigate, prosecute, and convict offenders of sex trafficking and forced labor; increase transparency of anti-trafficking policies and activities and develop partnerships with international organizations to combat trafficking; ensure sex and labor trafficking victims are not punished for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being subjected to trafficking; institute victim identification procedures to proactively identify trafficking victims, particularly among vulnerable populations such as persons in prostitution, children in begging rings, and undocumented migrants; offer specialized protection services to trafficking victims, including shelter and medical, psychological, and legal assistance; and become a party to the 2000 UN TIP Protocol.