Iran sentences the two journalists who revealed the case of Mahsa Amini to prison

An Iranian revolutionary court this Sunday sentenced journalists Nilufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, who revealed the case of Mahsa Aminito 13 and 12 years in prison, respectively, for cooperating with the hostile government of U.S and two more crimes.

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Hamedi was the first journalist to report the arrest of Amini for not wearing the Islamic veil properly and her subsequent death on September 16, 2022 and Mohammadi He covered the 22-year-old’s funeral, where protests began that shook the country for months.

Hamedithe reformist newspaper Sharghwas sentenced to seven years in prison for cooperation with the United States and Mohammadi, from the newspaper Hammihanto six years for the same crime, the agency reported Mizanof the Judiciary.

In addition, they were sentenced to an additional five years in prison for collusion against national security and an additional year in prison for disseminating propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The two informants must serve the highest sentence, that is, seven years in the case of Hamediand six in Mohammadiaccording to Mizan.

Furthermore, they are prohibited from working for the media, for the party affiliation and the use of social networks for two years.

They have 20 days to appeal Judicial decision before a higher court.

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Trial behind closed doors

Both informants were arrested in September and spent much of their detention in solitary confinement, according to their families.

The trials against the two journalists They began in late May behind closed doors and were only allowed to meet with their lawyers the day before.

Hamedi posted a photo of Amini in the hospital, when she was in a coma and intubated, and days later another image of the young woman’s parents hugging each other in the hospital corridor after learning of their daughter’s death was made public.

Mohammadi covered the funeral of Amini in your city Sáqezat the Kurdistanwhere the protests began and the first scarves were burned on September 17th.

Almost a hundred journalists and photographers were detained for doing their work during the mobilizations in Iran, according to the Committee for the Protection of Journalistsof which 80 informants were released on bail.

The death of Amini provoked strong protests that for months called for an end to the Islamic Republic and only disappeared after a repression that caused 500 deaths, the arrest of at least 22 thousand people and in which seven protesters were executed, one of them in public.

The first anniversary of the death of Amini was celebrated on September 16 amid strong repression and a huge deployment of security forces, and only timid protests.

In recent months the Government Iranian is trying to reimpose the use of the veilwith the presence of patrols on the streets, the denial of services and the approval of a law that toughens punishments for those who do not cover their hair.

Source: Elcomercio

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