Journalists Ordered to Serve Five Years in Prison in Iran

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Three imprisoned Iranian female journalists, Niloofar Hamedi (L), Elaheh Mohammadi (C) and Narges Mohammadi during the award ceremony of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. © 2023 Selcuk Acar/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Iran’s judiciary has announced the enforcement of a five-year prison sentence for two journalists accused of “propaganda against the state” over their reporting on the death in custody of Mahsa Jina Amini which sparked nationwide protests in 2022.Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, journalists from the “Ham-Mihan” and “Shargh”…

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