According to state media, Iran’s high chief pardoned two feminine journalists who reported the 2022 death of a person in police custody.
A review by Mizanonline, affiliated with the country’s court, said Niloufar Hamedi, who broke the news of Mahsa Amini‘s dying, and Elaheh Mohammadi, who wrote about Amini’s death, were on the list of hundreds of people pardoned by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei next year.
On the occasion of the Islamic Revolution’s celebration in February 1979, Khamenei in the past has issued clemency.
The editors were given seven and six years in prison in 2023 on charges of collaborating with the US government and propagandizing against the program. Since January 2024, they had been on parole.
One of the most significant challenges facing the Islamic Republic in the past 20 years was Amini’s death in police custody, which led to weeks of protests in lots of Iranian places.
Hamedi’s and Mohammadi’s reporting was essential for spreading the word in the weeks after Amini’s dying, and their suspensions sparked worldwide condemnation. Roughly 100 journalists were arrested during the presentations.
Iran for decades refused to provide total fatality statistics for the marches while acknowledging that tens of thousands were detained. According to human rights activists, at least 529 people were killed by security forces.
