Prosecutors in Tehran’s Evin prison summoned a number of human rights lawyers in the past few days without saying which specific accusations they are facing, Shargh newspaper reported on May 11.
The newspaper quoted an unidentified lawyer as saying that at least 20 lawyers were summoned this week to appear before Branch 7 of Evin’s Prosecutor’s Office.
Most of them had protested the unlawful arrests of demonstrators and the unfair sentences pronounced against them.
Separately, lawyers including Samin Cheraghi, Hassan Younisi, Ali Mojtahedzadeh, Ali Sharifzadeh, Abolfazl Hamzeh, and Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi announced they had been summoned by the authorities in Evin.
Four lawyers and members of the Iran Central Bar Association were summoned to Evin Courthouse in Tehran.#Iran#AliMojtahedzadeh#AbolfazlHamzeh#MohammadAliKamfirouzi#MarjanIsfahanian pic.twitter.com/8i0THr3SG4
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Several of them expressed their frustration with the lack of information provided regarding the accusations against them.
According to Shargh, the summons relate to the months-long protests that swept Iran over the September 2022 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody.
There has been no immediate comment from the Iranian bar association or the judiciary.
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