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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The World Finally Speaks At Karbala Tribunals The Third News Conference After a one hour break, the journalists and press correspondents as well as the media and TV representatives gathered for a Third news conference with the prosecution and defense teams. As usual, the hall was crowded with journalists and correspondents. The defense representative entered while accompanied by two members of his defense team.

Everyone was anxious as this was the first time that the defense attend a news conference after excusing themselves twice before. Some expected that they would also excuse themselves this time, but to everyone’s surprise the defense representative attended and the questions started trickling in. Defense: Please…please…silence please so that we can answer your questions. Yes, go ahead (and he points to one of the correspondents). Correspondent: How do you evaluate the court proceedings so far?

And do you think that you are heading towards loosing the case? Defense: Generally-speaking good, however I want to express our frustration due to the rejection of the Chief Justice to many of our motions and objections, with all due respect to his professionalism and expertise and his handling of the court proceedings.

I do think that the prosecution is given the opportunity to use some of the unauthentic events and statements to emotionally influence the judges and jurors in order to gain their sympathy and support. It was necessary for the judge not to allow him that. We have attempted numerous times to direct the attention of the Chief Justice to that by objecting again and again, but unfortunately these objections were overruled.

As for the claim that we are on our way to loose, I do not think that at all and I believe that the truth will impose itself at the end, and the judges and jurors will become convinced and will realize that the whole trial has no meaning or necessity. Another correspondent: Do you really believe that the defendants are innocent? And do you think that the Chief Justice is biased against you? Defense: Yes, we believe that the defendants are innocent from intentionally committing what happened.

All of the events which took place was a result of the circumstances, confrontation, stubborn minds, and military mistakes in the battlefield. As for your question regarding the Chief Justice being biased, I don’t think that at all and he enjoys a high level of professionalism which we highly respect.