The Iranian judiciary accuses his journalists, his god Muhammadi and Nilofer Hamedi, who have been arrested for more than a month against the background of the protests that followed the death of the young woman, Muhsa Amini, of “propaganda” against the regime, according to an official spokesman on Tuesday.
The events of September 16th erupted in the wake of the death of Amini, 22, who had been detained by Tehran’s Ethics Police for failing to adhere to the country’s strict dress code.
Numerous people were killed during the protests’ fringe events, and hundreds more were detained for participating in movements that included chanting anti-government slogans and what the government referred to as “riots.”
A spokesman for the judiciary, Masoud Steachi, said during a press conference that Hamedi and Muhammadi “are under the pre -trial detention against the regime and conspiracy to work against national security.
The 30-year-old photographer Hamdi, who works for the newspaper “Sharq,” was detained on September 20 after being taken to the hospital, where she was unconscious.
On the other hand, Muhammadi, a 35-year-old journalist for the newspaper “Her Maihan,” was detained on the 29th of the same month after covering a state funeral in Saqz, a city in western Iran’s Kurdistan Governorate that had been the scene of significant protests.
Iranian journalists criticised the government last month for the deaths of several of their colleagues in the context of the protests.
The newspaper “Szand” indicated that “more than 20 journalists are still arrested” in several Iranian cities, most notably Tehran.
According to local media, more than 300 journalists and photographers signed a statement criticizing the authorities against the background of “the arrest of our colleagues and depriving them of their rights after their arrest. ”
Steachi allegedly also reiterated the judicial authorities’ assurance to deal harshly with those responsible for “riots”.
More than 2000 people, with half of them in Tehran Governorate, were charged with protests, according to the judiciary’s official figures.
Iranian authorities detained two journalists on charges of “propaganda against the regime.”
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