Niloofar Hamedi Explained

Niloofar Hamedi
Native Name:Persian: نیلوفر حامدی
Birth Date:22 October 1992
Nationality:Iranian
Occupation:Sports journalism
Known For:Reporting Mahsa Amini's death

Niloofar Hamedi (Persian: نیلوفر حامدی; born 22 October 1992) is an Iranian journalist who works for the reformist daily newspaper Shargh.[1] She was arrested during the Mahsa Amini protests for breaking the news about Mahsa Amini and reporting on her treatment by Iran's Morality Police.[2] [3] Hamedi is also known for her work as one of the first journalists to have interviewed the family and lawyer for imprisoned writer Sepideh Rashnu, and she published an investigative report on her case.[4] [5] Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.

Report on Mahsa Amini and arrest

On 16 September 2022, Hamedi gained access to Kasra Hospital in Tehran, where 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was being treated following her detention by the morality police for allegedly wearing her compulsory hijab inappropriately. Later that day, and around the time of Amini's death, Hamedi tweeted a photo of Amini's parents hugging and crying in the hospital. That picture quickly spread along with Hamedi's reporting on Amini's death, and eventually spiraled into nationwide protests.[6]

As a result of her news coverage, Hamedi was arrested by security forces on 21 September,[7] following a wave of arrests that targeted journalists and students.[8] Hamedi's Twitter account, where she had originally posted the influential photo of Amini's parents, was suspended without explanation.[9] Her charges include colluding with the intention of acting against national security and propaganda against the state.[10]

According to Hamedi's lawyer, Mohammad Ali Kamfirouzi, she has been interrogated and is being held in solitary confinement at Tehran's Evin Prison.[6] [9] On 4 November 2022, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards and Intelligence ministry issued a joint statement, filled with unsubstantiated claims, accusing Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, another female journalist who had reported on Amini's funeral, of being foreign agents engaged in “multi-dimensional wars” organized by “Western and Zionist intelligence agencies… to carry out serious and uninterrupted planning with the aim of influencing different social layers, especially in areas related to women”. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] The statement incorrectly claimed that Niloofar Hamedi, 30, had published a photo of Mahsa Amini in a hospital bed that went viral on social media. Yet Hamedi, who works for the Shargh newspaper in Tehran, never tweeted a photo of Amini in a hospital bed; she had only tweeted a photo of Mahsa’s parents (father and grandmother according to some reports[16]) embracing in the hospital after her death.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 17 October 2022 . She was arrested for reporting Mahsa Amini's death. Then, Iran prison fire… . 2023-01-04 . . en . 0972-0243.
  2. Web site: نیلوفر حامدی خبرنگار روزنامه شرق بازداشت شد . 22 September 2022 . 5 October 2022 . fa . Niloofar Hamedi Shargh daily journalist was arrested.
  3. News: Fassihi . Farnaz . 24 September 2022 . Iran Protests Surge to Dozens of Cities . en-US . . 2023-01-03 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: Hamedi . Niloofar . همه ‌ منتظر سپیده‌ هستیم/ وکیل رشنو: درخواست ما فک قرار بازداشت موقت و تعیین وثیقه است . Shargh Daily.
  5. Web site: "Niloufar Hamedi Archives" . 2023-01-19 . انصاف نیوز . fa-IR.
  6. Web site: 3 October 2022 . Iranian woman journalist, who broke news of Mahsa Amini's death, is in jail now . 5 October 2022 . Maktoob Media.
  7. News: نیلوفر حامدی، روزنامه‌نگارِ پیگیر وضعیت مهسا امینی، "بازداشت شد" . رادیو فردا . 22 October 2022 . 5 October 2022 . fa . Niloofar Hamedi journalist following up on Mahsa Amini's situation "was arrested" . فردا . رادیو .
  8. Web site: Bronte . Trinidad Deiros . 7 October 2022 . The faces of repression in Iran . 2023-01-04 . El País English Edition . en-us.
  9. Web site: Mahsa Amini: An Iranian journalist broke the news of the death. Now she's in jail . 29 September 2022 . 5 October 2022.
  10. News: Farda . RFE/RL's Radio . Iran Charges Two Female Journalists Who Broke Story About Amini's Death . en . RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty . 2023-03-30.
  11. News: Engelbrecht . Cora . 4 November 2022 . As Protests Rage, Iran Marks Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover . en-US . . 2023-01-03 . 0362-4331.
  12. News: Fassihi . Farnaz . 16 November 2022 . Iran Cracks Down as Protests Show No Sign of Easing . en-US . . 2023-01-04 . 0362-4331.
  13. Web site: Malekian . Somayeh . 5 November 2022 . Weary of crackdown, Iran's regime takes on citizen journalists . 2023-01-04 . ABC News . en.
  14. Web site: Iran arrests dissident rapper, calls Amini story reporters CIA spies . 2023-01-04 . The Jerusalem Post, JPost.com . 30 October 2022 . en-US.
  15. Web site: 2022-11-01 . Witch Hunt in Iran: Grave Concerns for Journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi . 2023-03-30 . Center for Human Rights in Iran.
  16. Web site: گروهی از عکاسان ایرانی عکسی مربوط به مهسا امینی را به عنوان «عکس سال ۱۴۰۱» برگزیدند . 2023-03-31 . صدای آمریکا . 31 March 2023 . fa.
  17. Web site: Expression . Canadian Journalists for Free . Recipients of the CJFE Tara Singh Hayer Memorial Award and Arnold Amber Award for Investigative Journalism Announced . 2023-03-30 . www.newswire.ca . en.
  18. Web site: Canadian NGO Presents Award To Two Jailed Female Iranian Journalists . 2023-03-30 . Iran International . en.
  19. Web site: Iranian journalists Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi win Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism at Harvard . 2023-03-30 . Nieman Foundation . en-US.
  20. Web site: Iranian Journalists Receive Prestigious US Award While In Jail For Revolution Coverage . 2023-03-30 . Iran International . en.
  21. News: Three imprisoned Iranian women journalists awarded 2023 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize . 3 May 2023 . UNESCO.
  22. Web site: Heslop . Andrew . 2023-06-28 . Golden Pen of Freedom Awarded to Journalists Elahe Mohammadi and Niloofar Hamedi, Jailed in Iran . 2023-06-29 . WAN-IFRA . en-US.
  23. Web site: 2023-03-31 . عکس نیلوفر حامدی از پدر و مادربزرگ مهسا امینی به عنوان عکس سال انتخاب شد . 2023-03-31 . ار.اف.ای - RFI . fa.
  24. Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi Are on the 2023 Time 100 List. Time. Jason. Rezaian. 13 April 2023. 13 April 2023.

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