Hamid Nouri's trial to continue in Albania for two weeks
Judge Hamid Nouri of the Stockholm court announced that the court will be moved to Albania to hear the testimony of a number of plaintiffs in the case. About two thousand members of the MEK are residing in “Camp Ashraf 3” in Albania.
The Hamid Nouri trial in Stockholm held its 33rd session. At the October 26 session, the judge announced that the need to hear testimony from a number of plaintiffs in the case necessitated the two-week transfer of the trial to Albania.
It is important to note that a significant portion of the plaintiffs in the Hamid Nouri case are those who either survived the executions of the summer of 2018, or are relatives of the victims of those executions.
A large number of these plaintiffs are members of the People's Mojahedin Organization (PMOI) who, after leaving Iraq, went to Albania and settled in "Camp Ashraf 3." According to published information, there are about 2,000 people in this camp.
It should be noted that some members of the MEK had previously participated virtually in Hamid Nouri's trial in Stockholm.
Previously, the judge had announced that Hamid Nouri's trial would last about 10 months. Now, it is likely that the announced time will be longer than the scheduled time, taking into account the increase in the number of witnesses in this trial.
The importance of holding the Hamid Nouri trial stems, in part, from the role of Ebrahim Raisi, the 13th head of state of the Islamic Republic. Raisi served as deputy prosecutor during the executions of the summer of 2018 and is said to have been one of the four main figures on the “death squad.”
Source: DW
