He did not send In the margins of the case in later years, Abdul Karim Lahiji, a lawyer and Saadati’s defense lawyer later said in an interview with Radio Farda: “When Mohammad Reza Saadati was arrested, I was in Europe to participate in a conference.” I was informed through the newspapers that the People’s Mojahedin Organization requested that I accept the representation of Mohammad Reza Saadati in this case. When I returned to capital, Ayatollah Taleghani (whose lawyer I was during the time of the Shah) told me in his house to accept Saadati’s representation because this is a political dispute between the Islamic Republic and the People’s Mujahideen Organization, and Saadati is a victim of this political dispute.