{"id":10183,"date":"2023-10-22T13:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=10183"},"modified":"2023-10-22T13:32:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T12:32:21","slug":"two-iranian-journalists-sentenced-to-jail-in-connection-with-mahsa-amini-protest-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/asia\/middle-east\/iran\/two-iranian-journalists-sentenced-to-jail-in-connection-with-mahsa-amini-protest-cases\/2023\/10\/22\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Iranian Journalists sentenced to jail in connection with Mahsa Amini protest cases"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi face allegations of engaging in activities that undermine national security, though their families vehemently reject these charges<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3 max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words overflow-x-auto\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>TEHRAN, Iran : Two women journalists in Iran have been handed initial prison terms on charges related to national security in connection with the Mahsa Amini protests.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/976\/cpsprodpb\/B8A0\/production\/_126746274_mahsaamini.jpg\" alt=\"Mahsa Amini\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, both journalists, found themselves in custody in September 2022, mere days after widespread protests erupted throughout Iran, triggered by the tragic death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in police custody. Their legal proceedings commenced in late May.<\/p>\n<p>The official news outlet of the Iranian judiciary announced on Sunday that Hamedi and Mohammadi have been given initial prison sentences, with Hamedi receiving a seven-year term for &#8220;cooperating with the hostile government of the United States,&#8221; and Mohammadi receiving a six-year sentence for the same offense. They were also both sentenced to five years in prison for &#8220;collusion to commit crimes against the country&#8217;s security&#8221; and an additional one-year sentence for &#8220;propaganda against the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If the sentences remain unchanged, both women will only need to serve the longer of the two sentences, which is seven years for Hamedi and six years for Mohammadi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi face allegations of engaging in activities that undermine national security, though their families vehemently reject these charges TEHRAN, Iran : Two women journalists in Iran have been handed initial prison terms on charges related to national security in connection with the Mahsa Amini protests. Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[2450,6490],"tags":[201,7545,7572,7573],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/iran_journalist.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10187,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10183\/revisions\/10187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}