A photo can cost the life of one of the two journalists who are being tried these days in Tehran. The picture of Mahsa Amini in a coma and intubated was captured by Nilufer Hamedi. She and elahe mohammadiwho also faces a possible capital punishment, were in charge of covering the case of the young woman murdered at the hands of the Iranian authorities for not wearing the veil properly.

“They were arrested shortly after carrying out this work, they have spent eight months in pretrial detention and a long time in isolation,” says the Iranian activist. Ryma Sheermohammadi.

Nor have they been allowed to meet with their lawyers until last Sunday, trials that are held behind closed doors and under the greatest of secrecy. Neither family nor friends, nor the lawyers themselves have been able to pass into the room. Both are accused of allegedly collaborate with the enemy government of the United Statesattack against authority and propaganda against the system.

“The three accusations are political accusations. The Iranian constitution stipulates that when the accusations are political it must be an open trial and must be tried by a popular jury. None of the conditions were met yesterday or today,” Ryma says.

Hamedi and Mohammadi are just two of the nearly one hundred journalists and photographers who were detained for carrying out their work during the mobilizations in Iran. The assassination of Mahsa Amini caused the streets to rise up against the Ayatollah regime, sparking riots and a consequent repression that, according to international observers, has already caused 500 deaths in the country.