A group of lawyers, civil activists and human rights advocates participated in a sit-in staged outside the Tehran Bar Association and demanded the release of Atena Faraghdani. According to eyewitnesses a group of families of political prisoners also took part in this gathering to protest rulings issued against their loved ones.
Atena Daemi’s family and Omid Ali Shenas were also at the scene with pictures and slogans, demanding the release of their jailed loved ones.