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 Tehran Revolutionary Court had charged the journalists with collaborating with the American government, colluding against national security and propaganda against the system, according to the Mizanonline.ir news website, affiliated with the country’s judiciary.
In Iran, it’s a potential death sentence at the hands of the Morality Police for a woman to expose her hair. On top of that, it’s also illegal to report on this fact without being tried in a kangaroo court for sedition.