Two women journalists have been charged with propaganda against the system, acting against national security, and collaborating with the United States – charges which can bring the death penalty.
Iran’s legal system has revealed formal legal charges against two journalists – Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi – who have been held in provisional custody for seven months. On Wednesday, April 26, Masoud Setayeshi, the judiciary spokesperson, labeled the charges against the two detained report
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Farhad Meysami was arrested in July 2018 and is a doctor and and human rights activist, while Hossein Yazdi was arrested in December last year amid the Mahsa Amini protests.