IRAN WATCH CANADA

Sunday, October 22, 2023

According to the news agency of the Islamic Republic, the 15th branch of Tehran Revolutionary Court issued a decision on the case of Nilufar Hamedi and Elaha Mohammadi. Based on the court's preliminary rulings, these two journalists were sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison: Nilufar Hamedi 13 years in prison (7 years applicable) and Elaha Mohammadi 12 years in prison (6 years applicable). Based on the verdict issued, Mrs. Elaha Mohammadi is sentenced to 6 years in prison on the charge of "collaboration with the hostile government of the United States", 5 years in prison for conspiracy to commit a crime against the country's security, and 1 year in prison on the charge of "propaganda activity against the regime". Ms. Nilufar Hamedi is sentenced to 7 years in prison on the charge of "collaboration with the hostile government of America", 5 years in prison for collusion to commit a crime against the security of the country, and 1 year in prison on the charge of "propaganda activity against the regime". Also, as "additional measures", both journalists were banned for 2 years from membership in parties, groups, political groups and activity in cyberspace, media and press. If the judgment is confirmed by the appeals court, the defendants will face the harshest punishment (6 years of imprisonment for Mrs. Elaha Mohammadi and 7 years of imprisonment for Nilufar Hamedi). Nilufar Hamedi, a reporter of "Sharq" newspaper, published the news of the murder of Zina (Mehsa) Amini, who was in the custody of Morality patrol, in September last year. This journalist broadcasted the moments when Gina Amini was in a coma in Kasra hospital in Tehran and published the photo of Gina Amini's family in the hospital. On the evening of Wednesday 30th of Shahrivar, the security officers arrived at Nilufar Hamedi's house and seized her belongings and arrested her. Elaha Mohammadi, a journalist of Hammihan Newspaper , was arrested by the security forces on her way to the prosecutor's office on the second of October 1401 after publishing her report on Mehsa Amini's funeral and has been in prison until today. In their defense, these two journalists denied any accusation of cooperation with the American government.

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