The Iranian Revolutionary Court this Sunday sentenced journalists Niloufar Hamedi and Elaha Mohammadi, who The case of Mahsa Amini was solved, 13 and 12 years in prison respectively. for collaboration with a hostile United States government and two other crimes.

Hamedi was the first journalist to report Amini’s arrest. for improperly wearing the Islamic burqa and her subsequent death on September 16, 2022, while Mohammadi covered the 22-year-old’s funeral, where the protests that have rocked the country for months began.

Hamedi, from a reformist newspaper Shargwas sentenced to seven years in prison for collaborating with the United States and Mohammadi from the newspaper HammihanTo six years for the same crime, This was reported by the Mizan agency of the judiciary.

In addition, they were sentenced to another five years in prison. conspiracy against national security has already spent another year behind bars for spreading propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Two informants They must serve the greatest of punishments, that is, seven years in the case of Hamedi and six years in the case of Mohammadi, according to Mizan.

Except, They are prohibited from working in the media, political party affiliation and social media use over a two-year period.

Have 20 days to appeal the court decision before a higher court.

Court behind closed doors

Both informants were arrested in September and They spent most of their imprisonment in solitary confinement. according to their families.

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

Khamedi posted a photo of Amini in the hospital: while she was in a coma and intubated, and days later she released another image of the young woman’s parents hugging in a hospital hallway after learning of their daughter’s death.

Mohammadi covered Amini’s funeral in his city of Saqez in Kurdistan, where protests began on September 17 and the first scarves were burned.

About a hundred journalists and photographers were detained for carrying out their work during the mobilizations in Iran, According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, 80 whistleblowers were released on bail.

Amini’s death sparked strong protests that For months they have been calling for the end of the Islamic Republic. and they disappeared only after a crackdown that killed 500 people, arrested at least 22,000, and in which seven protesters were executed, one of them publicly.

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First anniversary of Amini’s death It was celebrated on September 16. in the midst of a strong crackdown and a huge deployment of security forces, there were only timid protests.

In recent months, the Iranian government trying to bring back the use of the veilwith the presence of patrols on the streets, the denial of services and the adoption of a law that increases the punishment for not covering one’s hair.

(EFE)