Iran reduces sentence of jailed journalists after clearing them of collaborating with US


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  • Sunday, 13 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran, Iran September 19, 2022. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo

DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iranian court cleared two jailed journalists of collaborating with the United States, and reduced their sentences over reports about a woman's death that had helped trigger protests in 2022, Iran's worst domestic unrest for decades.

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, sentenced a year ago to 13 and 12 years in prison respectively, had their terms reduced to five years, judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir told a news conference on Sunday.

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