Two Iranian journalists who were serving long prison sentences over their coverage of the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini have been released on bail pending their appeal, Iranian media reported Sunday.
Niloufar Hamedi, who broke the news of Amini’s death while in police custody for wearing her headscarf too loose, and Elaheh Mohammadi, who wrote about Amini’s funeral, were sentenced to seven and six years in prison, respectively, in October, on charges including collaborating with the U.S. government.
The two women had been in prison for 17 months. ISNA, the Iranian Students’ News Agency run by university students in Iran, reported that they were
