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"Nazila Maroufian", a Kurdish journalist, was sentenced to two years in prison, fined and banned from leaving the country for five years.

08:41 - 30/1/2023

"Nazila Maroufian", a Kurdish journalist, was sentenced to two years in prison, fined and banned from leaving the country for five years.

Hana: Nazila Maroufian, a journalist from Saqqez, announced her verdict by publishing a tweet; According to the decision of the 26th branch of the Revolutionary Court, headed by Judge Afshari, on the charge of "propaganda activity against the regime and publishing falsehoods with the intention of disturbing the public mind through the publication of an interview with the father of #Mahsa_Amini, I was sentenced to two years in prison, 15 million tomans fine and five years banned from leaving the country.

Also, Nazila Maroufian published another post on her Instagram and wrote; Of course, it goes without saying that this sentence was given without court hearing and my defense, and the sentence of two years in prison is suspended for five years. The sentence of the "15-million tomans" fine was imposed in a very difficult economic situation and without any income.

I am, therefore, forced to ask for help from all my friends who come across this post for financial assistance.

Also, following this photo quote, she published another post on her Instagram and wrote; I am a rider, how can I let go of the pedestrian? And in the continuation she wrote "as dear Sepideh Rashno says: in the hope of freedom for all of us".

It should be noted that Nazila Maroufian was arrested by the government forces on Sunday, October 30, 2022, due to conducting an interview with Amjad Amini, the father of Zhina Amini. Afterwards, 72 days later, she was released on Monday, January 9, 2023, with a heavy bail of 600 million Tomans.