An Iranian journalist was tried behind closed doors on Monday (29) on charges related to covering the funeral of an Iranian Kurdish woman whose death in police custody last year sparked months of demonstrations, her lawyer told the ILNA news agency. .
The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police for allegedly violating the Islamic dress code has sparked a wave of mass protests across Iran for months, marking the biggest challenge for Iran’s clerical leaders in decades.
Elaheh Mohammadi covered Amini’s funeral in her Kurdish hometown of Saqez, where protests broke out. The Islamic Republic has accused its foreign enemies of initiating the protests to destabilize the country.
“Elaheh Mohammadi’s trial went well. The date of the next session will be announced by the court,” her lawyer, Shahabeddin Mirlohi, told ILNA. He was not immediately available for comment.
Mohammadi, a reporter for the pro-reform Hammihan newspaper on trial in Tehran, and another journalist, Niloofar Hamedi of the Sharq newspaper, were charged with “collusion with hostile powers” for their coverage of Amini’s death. The charge potentially carries the death penalty under Islamic law.
A joint statement released by Iran’s Intelligence Ministry in October accused Mohammadi and Hamedi of being foreign CIA agents.
(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi)
Source: CNN Brasil
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