Two journalists, who broke news of Mahsa Amini’s death, in jail, branded as CIA agents by Iran
Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi are lodged in Iran’s notorious Evin prison
Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi—the two journalists who first broke the news of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini who died incustody of Iran's morality police—have been branded as CIA agents by Iran.
According to a joint statement released by Iran’s ministry of intelligence and the intelligence organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards on Saturday, both journalists are currently lodged in Iran’s notorious Evin prison.
Moreover, in the statement, the Iranian regime has blamed the CIA, Mossad and other western intelligence agencies of engineering the mass protests, where at least 234 protesters, including 29 children, have been reportedly killed by security forces in crackdowns.
Both women have been accused of being “primary sources of news for foreign media”, while particularly mentioning Hamed, claiming that she pretended to be a journalist and coerced Amini’s family to release information about their daughter’s death.
Notably, Hamedi was the first journalist to share the photos of Amini who was being treated at the hospital that time. Hamedis’ photos had triggered the first wave of protests in Tehran and soon spread to other cities.
Mohammadi, who was arrested on September 22, has been accused of receiving training as a foreign agent abroad for her reporting from Amini’s funeral in her home town of Saqqez.
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The statement has offered no evidence about the two journalists having travelled abroad and received training by spy agencies.
The two intelligence bodies have further accused US of allocating billions of dollars every year to find elements in Iran and connect them to “Western networks under the cover of human rights activities and promotion of democracy.”
The statement has sent shockwaves across the Iranian media, who fear further repression in the coming days.More than 40 journalists have been detained since the protests erupted over a month ago.
“They’re closely monitoring us and I have been advised to cut all ties with foreign correspondents. I have received calls from abroad on my cellphone and if they monitor my phone records and find that someone from the west was calling, even if it’s a friend, that’ll be a huge risk,” a print journalist for an Iranian publicationtold the Guardian.
(With inputs from agencies)
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