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Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said on Saturday she won't obey a summons by the hard-line Revolutionary Court even though she could be arrested, a challenge to the powerful body that has tried and convicted many intellectuals.
Ebadi, the first Iranian and the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel peace prize, received the summons on Thursday. "The manner in which the summons has been arranged is illegal. I won't go to the court," Ebadi told the news agency. "A summons has to specify the reason. That a summons is issued for somebody without specifying the reason and subject is illegal."
Mohammad Ali Dadkhah, one of three lawyers to represent Ebadi if she is charged, said the Revolutionary Court could arrest Ebadi for disregarding the order. Though a reason wasn't specified, Dadkhah said she had been summoned to testify as a witness, not as an accused. The summons was issued Wednesday, ordering her appearance within three days, which would be by Saturday. However, because she received the summons Thursday, Dadkhah said the deadline was Sunday. |