Bahá'ís, reportedly including Niki Khanjani, daughter of Jamaloddin Khanjani, one of seven Bahá'í leaders jailed since 2008.[75]

There have been groups of individuals also speaking out. On February 4, 2009 267 non-Bahá'í Iranian academics, writers, artists, journalists and activists from some 21 countries including Iran signed an open letter of apology posted to Iranian.com and stating that they believed that the Bahá'ís had been deprived of their rights in the Islamic Republic, they pledged their support to achieving for the Bahá'ís in Iran the rights detailed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.[71]British entertainers wrote an open letter printed in The Times of London about those on trial stating their solidarity with the Bahá'ís."[72] A prominent group of more than sixty professors and scholars who specialize in Middle Easternand Iranian Studies have added their voices in protest as well.[73] Others who have spoken out include Rainn Wilson and Shohreh Aghdashloo.[74]

[67] (EU), with the support of the EU associated countries denounced the trial.European Union The Presidency of the [66][65][64][63][62] Members of government across the world including from Brazil, the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Spain and Australia have either released statements or sponsored resolutions condemning the government of Iran for the arrest of the Bahá'í leaders.[61]
There have been

The court case was postponed several times, but went ahead on January 12, 2010.[54] Apparently no observers were allowed in the court, and the defence lawyers, who have had nearly no access to the defendants for two years, also had difficulty entering the court.[54] The chairman