News from Al-Madinah: According to an official spokesman on Tuesday, the Iranian judiciary accuses the journalists, his god Muhammadi and Niluver Hamedi, who have been detained for more than a month amid the protests that followed the death of the young woman, Muhsa Amini, of “propaganda” against the government.
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.
Dozens were eliminated on the sidelines of the protests, and hundreds of others were suspended in the movements that included raising slogans against the authorities, and what officials consider “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. ”
Photographer Hamdi, 30, was detained on September 20 after being taken to the hospital, where she was discovered to be in a coma. She works for the newspaper “Sharq.”
On the other hand, Muhammadi (35 years old), a journalist in the newspaper “Her Maihan”, was arrested on the 29th of the same month after covering the ceremonial funeral ceremony in her hometown of Saqz in the Kurdistan Governorate in western Iran, which witnessed major protest movements.
Iranian journalists criticised the government last month for the deaths of several of their colleagues in the context of the protests.
“More than 20 journalists are still arrested,” according to the newspaper “Szand,” 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.
In addition, Steachi allegedly reiterated the judicial authorities’ assurance that those responsible for “riots” would be dealt with harshly.
More than 2000 people, with half of them in Tehran Governorate, were charged with protesting, according to the judiciary’s official figures.
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Iranian authorities detained two journalists on charges of “propaganda against the regime.”
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