Niloufar Hamedi's case was pardoned

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-Tuesday 2025/02/11 - 13:36
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 پرونده نیلوفر حامدی مشمول عفو شد

Niloufar Hamedi's lawyers informed Shargh that their client had been pardoned and the journalist's case was closed.

Niloufar Hamedi's lawyers informed Shargh that their client had been pardoned and the journalist's case was closed.

Niloufar Hamedi, who was arrested on September 22, 2022, after the death of Mahsa Amini, was tried by Branch 15 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of Tehran on charges of "cooperation with a hostile foreign government of the United States", "assembly and collusion to commit a crime against national security", and "propaganda against the state", after 13 months of illegal temporary detention, and sentenced to 7, 5, and 1 year in prison, respectively, on the aforementioned charges.

The journalist was finally released from prison on January 14, 2024, after 17 months of detention, with the issuance of a bail of 100 billion rials by the Appeals Court of Tehran Province.

After an appeal from the Court of First Instance, Ms. Niloufar Hamedi was acquitted of the charge of "collaborating with a hostile foreign government" in a final judgment issued by the Court of Appeals of Tehran Province, and in the end, the journalist was pardoned and her case was closed.

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