More have been detained since the start of the protests than ever before, an advocacy group says.
Journalists Elaheh Mohammadi and Niloufar Hamedi, among those arrested, have been held since SeptemberFemale journalists in Iran have been targeted by security forces since anti-government protests began in September, activist groups say.
The most recent arrest of a female journalist was that of Elnaz Mohammadi, who works for the "reformist" newspaper Hammihan. She was released on bail on Sunday. "We're seeing an unusual number of female journalists being arrested because what sparked the protests was the mandatory hijab law and the death of a young woman because of gender discrimination," Yeganeh Rezaian, a researcher with the Washington-based Committee to Protect Journalists , told the BBC.
The CPJ estimates that at least 98 journalists and bloggers have been arrested, half of whom, it says, are women. Media in Iran are largely controlled by the state, and even so-called "independent" newspapers are heavily censored. Journalists inside Iran are barred from covering the protests or the funerals of protesters who have been killed.
She said she had been convicted of "anti-government propaganda and spreading false news" without a hearing and in absence of a lawyer.
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