On trial for threatening national security, Iranian lawyer, poet and activist, Sedigheh Vasmaghi’s issues statement of defence to the Court of Public Opinion
Risking jail, Dr. Sedigheh Vasmaghi, lawyer, poet, women’s rights activist and former ICORN writer in residence in Uppsala, has denied presence at a hearing at the Revolutionary Court of the Islamic Republic of Iran where she is accused of threatening national security. She shares her own defence to the “Court of Public Opinion”. The court decision will be made on Monday 10 August. Read her defence in full in this article.
07. Aug 2020
