wfn.org | Baha'i news: Next trial session in Iran for Baha'is set for tomorrow

[Sally Weeks <sweeks@bwc.org>]

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Next trial session in Iran for seven Baha'is set for tomorrow

GENEVA, 9 April (BWNS) - A third session of the court proceedings against s 
even imprisoned Iranian Baha'i leaders is scheduled for tomorrow in Tehran.

It is unknown whether the hearing - scheduled in Branch 28 of the Revolutio 
nary Court - will be open to families of the defendants and other observers . 
The first two sessions were closed.

The seven defendants, who have been imprisoned for two years, were responsi ble 
for tending to the spiritual and social needs of Iran's 300,000 Baha'is .

In January of this year they were finally presented with formal charges, wh ich 
include espionage and "corruption on earth" - accusations that they cat 
egorically deny.

For more information, see recent news stories http://news.bahai.org/story/7 60 
and http://news.bahai.org/story/759. For further background and photogra phs, 
see http://news.bahai.org/human-rights/iran/iran-update/