Head of lawyers defending Iraqi Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, Muayyad al-Izzi, has said that they were surprised with change of judges on trial day over Al-Hashemi's case.

Speaking to Anadolu Agency correspondent on Monday, Muayyad al-Izzi said that they had heard about several speculations on change of the judges who look after al-Hashemi's case before the verdict.
"When we arrived the court room, we met with new judges as we had heard. We were very surprised," said Muayyad al-Izzi.
Stating that all evidences were poor against Al-Hashemi, Al-Izzi stated that the decision came out as they had expected.