TEHRAN —
Iran has arrested a third female
journalist from the reformist newspaper Shargh against the backdrop of
nationwide protests sparked by Mahsa Amini’s death, the daily said Wednesday.
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The security forces arrested Nastaran Farokheh at
her home on Sunday and confiscated her laptop and phone, as well as the phones
of her family members, Shargh said on its website.
“The reason for the arrest is not yet clear,” it
said.
Iran has been gripped by protests that erupted when
Amini, 22, died in custody on September 16 after her arrest for an alleged
breach of Iran’s strict dress code for women.
Farokheh’s arrest is the third of a female
journalist from
Shargh newspaper since the protests broke out.
The first, Niloufar Hamedi, was arrested on
September 20 after she visited the hospital where Amini spent three days in a
coma before her death.
Hamedi was charged on November 8 along with another
female journalist, Elaheh Mohammadi of Ham Mihan newspaper, with propaganda
against the state and conspiring against national security.
The second female journalist at Shargh to be
arrested was Marzieh Amiri, who was detained on November 1, the newspaper said.
Mohammadi was taken into custody on September 29
after she travelled to Amini’s hometown of Saqez in
Kurdistan province to cover
her funeral.
The reformist newspaper Sazandegi reported in late October
that more than 20 journalists were being held for their reporting of Amini’s
death or the subsequent unrest.
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