Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, Jailed Journalists, Released on Bail in Iran

After 400 days of detention, Niloufar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi, two journalists arrested for overlaying studies associated to the loss of life of Mahsa Amini, have been briefly launched from Evin Prison upon posting a ten billion Toman bail every. Parviz Borhanpour, lawyer of Niloufar Hamedi, confirmed this information in an interview with Shargh Newspaper on Sunday, 24 Dey.

Their launch adopted the choice of the Tehran Provincial Court of Appeals to transform their detention orders to bail. Previously, Elahe Mohammadi’s husband had reported that she filed complaints towards Abolghasem Salavati, the decide of the fifteenth department of the Revolutionary Court of Tehran, for “non-enforcement of the regulation”.

Saeed Parsayi, in his X account, had written, “Over these 15 months, it has been confirmed to us that not solely the structure but in addition the felony process legal guidelines and prisoners’ rights rules are merely empty phrases on paper. Consequently, Elahe has filed 4 complaints prior to now month towards Abolghasem Salavati for not implementing the regulation to varied courts and the prosecutor’s workplace.”

Mohammad Hossein Ajarlu, husband of Niloufar Hamedi, had additionally introduced her criticism towards Judge Salavati on 18 Azar. Both journalists have been beforehand sentenced by Judge Salavati to a complete of 25 years in jail and extra punishments. They have been arrested throughout final 12 months’s nationwide protests, accused of “collaborating with the hostile American authorities” – a cost they strongly denied.

Elahe Mohammadi was sentenced to 6 years for “collaborating with the hostile American authorities”, 5 years for “gathering and conspiring to commit crimes towards nationwide safety”, and one 12 months for “propaganda actions towards the Islamic Republic of Iran”. Similarly, Niloufar Hamedi was sentenced to seven, 5, and one 12 months(s) on the identical fees, with the opportunity of seven years being enforceable upon closing affirmation.

The United States authorities has repeatedly denied any connection or collaboration with these journalists and described such verdicts because the Islamic Republic’s effort to suppress freedom of expression in Iran.