Trial
Co-defendants (left to right) Jamileh Kadivar, member of parliament; Mahomoud Dowlatabadi, Ali Sepanlou, authors; and student leader Ali Afshari sit before the judge in Tehran's revolutionary court November 7, 2000 accused of violating state security and insulting Islam by attending a Berlin conference to assess Iran's parliamentary elections. A total of 17 people, including newspaper editors, writers and lawyers face trial in a case that has dealt a heavy blow to Iran's reform movement.