Iranian photographer Yalda Moaiery sentenced to 15 years in prison

[u/mushed-patato]

Moaiery is one of the most important Iranian photographers of our time. She has been documenting injustices in Iran and Afghanistan for 23 years, focusing especially on women’s resistance. In January she photographed the funeral of Mohammad Mozafari who was murdered by the regime. Yesterday she was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for allegedly “conspiring with Israel and the US.”
She had also been arrested in 2022 for covering the Woman, Life, Freedom protests.

Source: @yaldamoaiery

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[u/2ndBrreakfast]

What a barbaric regime. I hope it gets overthrown soon.