AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI ON THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL, APRIL 1979 - Iran Human Rights Library


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AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI ON THE DEFENDANT'S RIGHT TO COUNSEL, APRIL 1979

Author:	Ayatollah Khomeini
Publisher:	Televised address
Published:	April 2, 1979
Type:	Official document

Televised address by Ayatollah Khomeini, 2 April 1979

the founder and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic 1979-1989:

"There should be no objection to the trial of these people, because they are criminals and it is known that they are criminals. All this about a lawyer being needed and that their pleas should be listened to--these are not people charged with crimes, they are criminals."

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