The lawyer of two Iranian journalists, imprisoned for helping to publicize the death in custody of young Kurd Masha Amini in September, has been arrested, a reform media announced on Saturday.
“Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi, the lawyer for several activists and journalists, was arrested on Wednesday,” the daily said. Ham Mihan.
Iran has been facing a wave of protests since the September 16 death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was arrested in Tehran by morality police who accused her of breaking a strict dress code requiring women to wear the veil. women in public.
Me Kamfirouzi is the lawyer for Elaheh Mohammadi, 35, a reporter for Ham Mihanand Niloufar Hamedi, 30, photographer for the newspaper Sharghdetained since September.
The Judicial Authority charged them in November with “propaganda against the system” and “conspiracy against national security” for making a big splash over the Mahsa Amini case.
Their lawyer “has not received any summons, he is being held without any legal form and the reason for his arrest remains unknown”, his defense, Mohammad Ali Bagherpour, told Ham Mihan.
More than 300 Iranian journalists and photojournalists in late October criticized the authorities in an open letter for “arresting [leurs] colleagues and deprived them of their rights” including “access to their lawyers”.
Thursday, Mohammad Kamfirouzi, the lawyer’s brother, announced that he now held the judiciary “responsible” for his “life” and his “health”.
According to Ham Mihan, 25 Iranian lawyers have been “arrested across the country” since the start of the protests.
“Riots”
Tuesday, the daily Shargh published a list of nearly 40 journalists and photojournalists arrested in Iran in connection with the protest.
In addition, the authorities on Thursday released on bail two minors detained for their alleged involvement in the protest movement, the reform newspaper announced on Saturday. Etemad.
The justice agency, Mizan Online, accused Amir Hossein Rahimi, 15, arrested in Karaj near Tehran, and Sonia Sharifi, 17, arrested in Abdanan (in western Iran), of having participated in the ” riots”.
Mizan Online claimed Mr Rahimi had ‘made Molotov cocktails’, while Ms Sharifi was ‘the main leader of the recent riots’.
Since mid-September, thousands of Iranians and around 40 foreigners have been arrested and more than 2,000 people charged in connection with the protests, according to judicial authorities.
Two 23-year-old men were additionally hanged on December 8 and 12 in connection with the unrest.