Niloofar Hamedi

Niloofar Hamedi (Persian: نیلوفر حامدی) 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]

Niloofar Hamedi
نیلوفر حامدی
Born (1992-10-22) 22 October 1992
NationalityIranian
OccupationJournalist
Known forReporting Mahsa Amini's death

Report on Mahsa Amini

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]

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 accused Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, two female Iranian journalists who had reported on Amini's death, of being United States foreign agents.[10][11][12][13]

See also

Sources
  1. "She was arrested for reporting Mahsa Amini's death. Then, Iran prison fire…". Hindustan Times. 17 October 2022. ISSN 0972-0243. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  2. "نیلوفر حامدی خبرنگار روزنامه شرق بازداشت شد" [Niloofar Hamedi Shargh daily journalist was arrested] (in Persian). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  3. Fassihi, Farnaz (24 September 2022). "Iran Protests Surge to Dozens of Cities". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. Hamedi, Niloofar. "همه ‌ منتظر سپیده‌ هستیم/ وکیل رشنو: درخواست ما فک قرار بازداشت موقت و تعیین وثیقه است". Shargh Daily.
  5. ""Niloufar Hamedi Archives"". انصاف نیوز (in Persian). Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  6. "Iranian woman journalist, who broke news of Mahsa Amini's death, is in jail now". Maktoob Media. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. "نیلوفر حامدی، روزنامه‌نگارِ پیگیر وضعیت مهسا امینی، "بازداشت شد"" [Niloofar Hamedi journalist following up on Mahsa Amini's situation "was arrested"] (in Persian). 22 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. Bronte, Trinidad Deiros (7 October 2022). "The faces of repression in Iran". El País English Edition. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  9. "Mahsa Amini: An Iranian journalist broke the news of the death. Now she's in jail". 29 September 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. Engelbrecht, Cora (4 November 2022). "As Protests Rage, Iran Marks Anniversary of U.S. Embassy Takeover". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  11. Fassihi, Farnaz (16 November 2022). "Iran Cracks Down as Protests Show No Sign of Easing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  12. Malekian, Somayeh (5 November 2022). "Weary of crackdown, Iran's regime takes on citizen journalists". ABC News. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
  13. "Iran arrests dissident rapper, calls Amini story reporters CIA spies". The Jerusalem Post, JPost.com. Retrieved 4 January 2023.


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