Agence France Press reports:
Shirin Ebadi

TEHERAN - Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi is to defend a US-Iranian scholar awaiting trial in Teheran on national security charges, a lawyer from Ebadi’s human rights group told ISNA news agency on Wednesday.

Ebadi and two other lawyers from her Human Rights Defenders Centre agreed to represent Haleh Esfandiari following a request from the detainee’s mother, said Mohammad Seifzadeh, one of the lawyers concerned.

“In a letter this morning to the case inspector we asked to have a meeting with the defendant,” he was quoted as saying.

2 Responses to “Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi to Defend Haleh”

  1. James Young Says:

    Free Haleh Esfandiari!

  2. denise gettle Says:

    may God be with you when you go up against them. please help her

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