Prominent Iranian lawyer and the founder of the Rahi Legal Center, Shadi Sadr, was summoned to appear at a Revolutionary Court.

Sadr’s attorney, Mohammad Mostafai, told Rooz, “The court did not provide a reason for the summons in the document it sent to my client.”

According to Mostafai, even though courts are bound by law to provide a written reason for the summons, revolutionary courts often fail to do so. In the document that was sent to Shadi Sadr, the line for the “reason for summons,” was left blank.

Mostafai continues, “When a revolutionary court refrains from notifying defense attorneys of trial results and instead summon defendants to hand them a ‘copy of the judgment’, it normally does not provide reasons for the summons.”

In the summons that was sent to Shadi Sadr, the paragraph stating that she has the right to be accompanied by an attorney was crossed out. Moreover, the summons note warned that an arrest warrant will be issued if she fails to appear in court.

Sadr, who is a member of the “Stop the Stoning Campaign,” spent 16 days in Evin prison last winter. Along with 32 other women’s rights activists that were arrested with her, Sadr was charged with undermining national security. Since then, some of the detained activists have been cleared of all charges, though several others are still awaiting a trial.

Another women’s rights activists, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, was summoned to appear in court three days ago.

Sadr and Abbasgholizadeh plan to appear in court today.