Iran's judiciary said yesterday it was not pursuing Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, after investigations showed that a private complaint against her did not merit being taken to court. "The case was reviewed by the investigation department, and it turned out that the claim of insult was not valid. The investigator has decided to drop the case and Ebadi has been informed," Tehran's public prosecutor, Saeed Mortazavi, was quoted as saying by student news agency ISNA. In January, Ebadi said she had been summoned to appear before a branch of the feared Revolutionary Court to "provide some explanations" on her activities or else be arrested.