Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei who was speaking to the press on his 86th such conference on Sunday, said that the verdict would be appealed against within 20 days; “the court will wait to receive the appeal by the defendant’s lawyer, and in case it does not receive any appeal request, will deem the verdict as definitive,” he added. “I really do not know if Mr. Rezaian or his official lawyer have received the verdict,” Mohseni-Ejei asserted.
On the case of the victims of Mina incident in Saudi Arabia, Judiciary spokesman reiterated Iran’s official position of condemning the event since the early days of the incident as ‘a great crime,’ and an unpardonable sin by the perpetrators; “the Judiciary and the Attorney-General embarked on some actions to address the issue, calling for lawsuits by the families of the victims of the incident, with a special branch to receive such lawsuits; however, few families have submitted their lawsuits so far, and it is natural, since they are bereaved and are busy with funeral ceremonies of their loved ones,” said Mohseni-Ejei
“However, we received phone calls announcing their complaint orally; there is a number of families who have not yet found any definitive information as to the fate of their Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, and these families still have to wait,” he told the press. “The Judiciary, government, and Foreign Ministry are working to converge attempts by other Islamic countries to devise some measures to prevent future such events, and want to see that the international community and human rights organizations join these attempts to bring more effective solutions,” he demanded.
Still in different issue, Mohseni-Ejei responded to a question about his remarks earlier this month during the Sacred Defense Week, alleging specific parties as spies, and whether he had meant the foreign minister; “certainly, I had not meant any real person and foreign minister in particular when mentioning of spying act; the definition of spy is clear: one who cooperates with the enemies to pass on critical information, or underestimates the level of hostility of those enemies inside the country; or spies would say that the US is no longer the ‘Great Devil;’ my frame of reference was general and was not referring to Mr. foreign minister in person,” he responded.
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