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IRAN: Human rights lawyer's appeal hearing postponed
LA Times / Roula Hajjarnd Ramin Mostaghim30-May-2011 (one comment)
Prominent human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh's court hearing concerning the suspension of her legal license was postponed Sunday by the Iran Bar Assn.
According to Sotoudeh's husband, Reza Khandan, the court hearing, which was expected to end the lawyer's formal legal career, was rescheduled indefinitely.
Sotoudeh was able to briefly embrace her husband during her court appearance Sunday, a rare opportunity. According to Khandan, she is allowed to talk to him and a handful of
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by yolanda on Mon May 30, 2011 12:19 PM PDTI guess IRI does not like Nasrin in the news and her photos circulating in the media! Nasrin's photos make IRI look bad and make Nasrin and her hubby look great!
"......In an interview with the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, Khandan said Sotoudeh was being pressured to confess her crimes in the months preceding her court hearing.
"I don’t know why they asked that, because my wife would not give in under any amount of hardship," he said. "Even if they keep her in there for a hundred years, she would not do it."..........."