Ebadi: I Won't Obey Iran Court Summons

The Gaudian reports:

Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said 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 Thursday.

``The manner in which the summons has been arranged is illegal. I won't go to the court,'' Ebadi told The Associated Press. ``A summons has to specify the reason. That a summons is issued for somebody without specifying the reason and subject is illegal.'' more

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