Iranian authorities have released two journalists, Niloufar Hamedi, 31, and Elaheh Mohammadi, 36, who had been imprisoned for over a year for covering the death of Mahsa Amini.
The journalists were freed on bail from Tehran’s Evin prison, each required to pay 100 billion rials ($192,307), as reported by the reformist Shargh newspaper and corroborated by other Iranian media outlets.
Currently appealing their sentences of several years in prison, the journalists will remain out of jail until the appeals court reaches a decision. Additionally, they are subjected to a travel ban.
Both journalists, a photographer for Shargh newspaper and a reporter for Ham Mihan newspaper respectively, had been detained following the death of Mahsa Amini in September 2022.
Niloufar Hamedi was arrested less than a week after Amini’s death when she went to the hospital where Amini was being treated and posted a photo of the grieving family on social media. Elaheh Mohammadi was detained after covering Amini’s funeral in Saqez, which turned into a demonstration.
In October, Mizan Online, the judiciary’s website, stated that the journalists were found guilty of collaborating with the United States, conspiring against state security, and propaganda against the Islamic republic.
