Trial of 7 Bahá’ís Delayed

18 October 2009
GENEVA — Although the trial of seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran for more than 17 months was scheduled for today, when attorneys and families arrived at the court offices in Tehran they were told it would not take place. No new trial date was given.

“The time has come for these seven innocent people to be immediately released on bail,” said Diane Ala’i, the Baha’i International Community’s representative to the United Nations in Geneva.

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