Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi are accused of acting against national security, charges their families deny.
Tehran, Iran – Two female journalists in Iran have received preliminary prison sentences for national security charges over cases linked with the Mahsa Amini protests.
The journalists, Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, were arrested in September 2022, days after protests broke out across Iran following the death of 22-year-old Amini in police custody. Their trials began in…