Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting
Acclaimed Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has spent much of her career documenting moments of dissent and the lives of women in Iran. The work has repeatedly brought her into conflict with the authorities, and on Iran’s National Journalist Day on Saturday she learned she had been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence was handed down […]
Photojournalist Yalda Moaiery, known for her work documenting dissent and women's lives in Iran, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. The sentence came on Iran’s National Journalist Day after she was accused of providing interviews to hostile media outlets and giving photographs to organizations linked to the U.S. and Israel.
The accusations stem from her work during anti-government protests in January, when the intelligence wing of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps raided her home and confiscated her electronic equipment. Moaiery has faced imprisonment before for her reporting, including a two-year stint in Gharchak Prison and an eight-year sentence for covering protests in 2022.
She maintains her commitment to reporting the realities of Iranian society despite the risk of further imprisonment.
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