Imprisoned Baha’i Leaders Meet with their Families
April 11, 2009
The first meeting took place on March 30 and was in person. It is customary in Iran to allow prisoners to meet with their families during the two-week Naw-Ruz festivities.
A second visit with their families was also granted to all the seven incarcerated Baha’i leaders on April 6, but this time the families were allowed to meet with their loved-ones from behind glass windows.
On related news, Iran Press Watch has learned through reliable sources in Iran that while the authorities have given no new date for the trial of the Yaran and have backpedaled from earlier dates announced for this trial, a high-ranking official in the Prosecutor-General’s office has advised that the files against the seven Baha’i leaders will be completed by Urdibehest - the second Iranian month commencing on April 21.
Also it has been learned that Mrs. Shirin Ebadi, the internationally famed lawyer who some months ago accepted to represent the imprisoned Baha’is, continues to have no access to the legal case, or her incarcerated clients. It is not at all clear how this trial can take place when the lawyer has no preparation for the trial.
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