Girls participate in a rally on the primary anniversary of the dying of Mahsa Amini which prompted protests throughout the nation, in Istanbul, Turkey September 16, 2023. Banner reads, “We revolt towards world for Mahsa Amini”. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya/File Picture Purchase Licensing Rights
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – An Iranian Revolutionary Court docket has handed out lengthy jail sentences to 2 ladies journalists over their protection of the dying in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini final yr, state media reported on Sunday.
The dying of 22-year-old Amini final September whereas within the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating the Islamic gown code unleashed months of mass protests throughout Iran, marking the largest problem to Iran’s clerical leaders in a long time.
Iran’s state information company IRNA mentioned Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been sentenced to 13 and 12 years in jail respectively on fees, together with collaboration with the U.S. authorities and appearing towards nationwide safety.
Legal professionals for the 2 journalists have rejected the fees.
“They obtained seven years and 6 years every respectively for collaborating with the hostile U.S. authorities. Then every 5 years in jail for appearing towards the nationwide safety and each yr in jail for propaganda towards the system,” IRNA reported.
Hamedi was detained after she took an image of Amini’s mother and father hugging one another in a Tehran hospital the place their daughter was mendacity in a coma and Mohammadi after she lined Amini’s funeral in her Kurdish hometown Saqez, the place the protests started.
IRNA mentioned the “issued verdicts” have been topic to attraction.
If confirmed, the time the ladies have already spent on the Evin jail, the place most political prisoners are held, can be deducted from the sentences, in accordance with the judiciary’s Mizan information company.
A press release launched by Iran’s intelligence ministry in October final yr accused Mohammadi and Hamedi of being brokers for the USA’ Central Intelligence Company.
“There’s documented proof of Hamedi and Mohammadi’s intentional connections with sure entities and people affiliated with the U.S. authorities,” Mizan reported.
Writing by Parisa Hafezi; modifying by Barbara Lewis
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