Female Iranian journalist goes on trial for reporting as American feminists remain silent

Of course it all took place in secret, behind closed doors as it were, where a female Iranian journalist went on trial for accurately reporting the coverage of the funeral of a Kurdish-Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, whose was jailed for not wearing a non-Kurdish head covering--a hijab--and mysteriously died in police custody.

The protests over the death of Amini triggered months of turmoil, Elaheh Mohammadi's lawyer told the ILNA news agency.

Mahsa Amini, 22, was taken into custody by the oxymoronically-named morality police, for allegedly violating the Islamic dress code. A huge wave of protests by brave Iranian women and men ensued all across Iran, making it the biggest challenge to the Ayatollah's religious iron-fisted rule in decades.

Mohammadi covered Amini's funeral in her Kurdish hometown Saqez, where the protests first began. The Islamic Republic accused its foreign foes of igniting the protests to destabilize the country, but miraculously, former President Donald Trump was not mentioned specifically.

"The trial of Elaheh Mohammadi went well. The date of the next session will be announced by the court," her lawyer, Shahabeddin Mirlohi, told the outlet.

Mohammadi, a reporter for the pro-reform Hammihan newspaper who is on trial in Tehran, and another journalist, Niloofar Hamedi, of the Sharq newspaper, have been accused of "colluding with hostile powers" for their coverage of Amini's death.

The charge potentially carries the death penalty under Islamic law because almost everything does in their barbaric system.

A joint statement released by Iran’s pseudo-intelligence ministry in October accused Mohammadi and Hamedi of being CIA foreign agents. 

Hamedi took a photo of Amini's parents hugging each other in a Tehran hospital where their daughter was lying in a coma, a death sentence if there ever was one.

The image, which Hamedi posted on Twitter, was the first signal to the world that all was not well with Amini, who had been detained three days earlier by Iran's morality police.

The two journalists, who have been held in Iran's notorious Evin prison since last September, will be tried separately. Hamedi's trial will begin on Tuesday, according to the judiciary.

The Islamic Republic has ignored numerous calls by human rights groups for a public trial for the two journalists.

But wouldn't it be great if American feminists had the courage to speak out.

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