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A woman holds a placard with a picture of Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a protest against her death, in Berlin, Germany, on September 28, 2022
AN IRANIAN court sentenced two female journalists today to lengthy prison terms for “collaborating” with the US government, among other charges.
Both Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi have been imprisoned for over a year following their coverage of the September 2022 death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police, which sparked months of protests against the Islamist regime.
The journalists’ sentence is a preliminary ruling that can be appealed against in 20 days.
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The Committee for the Defence of Iranian People’s Rights (Codir) welcomes demonstrations across Iran, which have put pressure upon the theocratic dictatorship, but warns against intervention by the United States to force Iran in a particular direction
