Iran sentences 2 journalists for allegedly collaborating with U.S. Both covered Mahsa Amini’s death
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 22, 2023
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the decision to sentence the two journalists and reiterated its call for their immediate release.
“The convictions of Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are a travesty and serve as a stark testament to the erosion of freedom of speech and the desperate attempts of the Iranian government to criminalize journalism,” said Sherif Mansour, CPJ’s Middle East and North Africa program coordinator.
The Tehran Revolutionary Court had charged the journalists with collaborating with the hostile American government . . .
