{"id":1114,"date":"2009-10-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/news\/call-for-bail-as-trial-delayed\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T04:48:38","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T04:48:38","slug":"call-for-bail-as-trial-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/index.php\/call-for-bail-as-trial-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for bail as trial delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bahai.org.au\/Portals\/0\/friends%20in%20iran.jpg\" alt=\"Call for bail as trial delayed\" \/><figcaption>The seven arrested Baha&#8217;i leaders in Iran: Standing L to R: Fariba Kamalabadi, Vahid Tizfahm, Jamaloddin Khanjani, Afif Naemi, and Mahvash Sabet Seated L to R: Behrouz Tavakkoli and Saeid Rezaie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The trial of seven Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran set for 18 October 2009 has been postponed without any new date given.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Baha\u2019i Community spokesperson Tessa Scrine said the failure by the authorities to set a new date for the trial or to properly notify lawyers is a violation of Iran\u2019s own legal procedures and a breach of due process rules under international law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese Baha\u2019is, who have been imprisoned in poor conditions for more than 17 months, are clearly innocent of any crime and should be released immediately on bail,\u201d Ms Scrine said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is contrary to the accepted norms of justice that there have been trial dates seemingly set and then postponed and now no new date set at all,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Three of the accused have close family members in Australia, where the Government and the Federal Parliament have publicly called for the release of the seven leaders and expressed their serious concerns about the situation of the Baha\u2019is in Iran.<\/p>\n<p>The seven Baha\u2019i leaders have been held at Tehran\u2019s notorious Evin prison without formal charges since March and May 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Official Iranian news accounts have said the seven are to be accused of \u201cespionage for Israel, insulting religious sanctities and propaganda against the Islamic republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Baha&#8217;i International Community categorically rejects all charges against the seven, stating that they are held solely because of religious persecution.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.bahai.org\/\">Baha\u2019i World News Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trial of seven Baha\u2019i leaders in Iran set for 18 October 2009 has been postponed without any new date given.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-releases","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - 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