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Iranian Journalists Temporarily Released Face New Legal Case for Flouting Hijab 

People walk at the old bazaar in the city of Shahr-e Ray, south of Tehran, on January 8, 2024. (AFP)
People walk at the old bazaar in the city of Shahr-e Ray, south of Tehran, on January 8, 2024. (AFP)
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Iranian Journalists Temporarily Released Face New Legal Case for Flouting Hijab 

People walk at the old bazaar in the city of Shahr-e Ray, south of Tehran, on January 8, 2024. (AFP)
People walk at the old bazaar in the city of Shahr-e Ray, south of Tehran, on January 8, 2024. (AFP)

Iran's judiciary has opened a new case against two jailed female journalists for appearing without a hijab upon their temporary release from prison, the judiciary's Mizan news agency reported on Monday.

Niloofar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi, respectively sentenced to 13 and 12 years in prison for their coverage of the death in custody of Kurdish-Iranian Mahsa Amini in 2022, were released on Sunday temporarily after paying bail.

"After footage of the defendants without hijab was released online, a new case has been filed against them," Mizan said referring to a video widely shared on social media showing the two women celebrating their release with family outdoors.

The death of Amini after she was held by the morality police for allegedly violating Iran's strict dress code, triggered months of nationwide anti-government protests, in one of the boldest challenges to the country's clerical leaders in decades.

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Germany Temporarily Halts Resettlement of UN Refugees

Laundry hangs outside containers used for housing refugees at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport, in Berlin, Germany, 01 April 2025. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE
Laundry hangs outside containers used for housing refugees at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport, in Berlin, Germany, 01 April 2025. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE
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Germany Temporarily Halts Resettlement of UN Refugees

Laundry hangs outside containers used for housing refugees at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport, in Berlin, Germany, 01 April 2025. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE
Laundry hangs outside containers used for housing refugees at the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport, in Berlin, Germany, 01 April 2025. EPA/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE

Germany has temporarily suspended any further admission of refugees via a UN resettlement program, the dpa news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the interior ministry and the UN refugee agency (UNHCR).
The ministry had no immediate comment on the report when contacted by Reuters and the UNHCR could not be immediately reached.
Migration has been a contentious issue in government coalition negotiations between Germany's conservative CDU/CSU bloc and the Social Democrats.
The conservatives are advocating for a stricter approach to asylum seekers in response to rising support of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and several violent incidents involving refugees.
So far in the coalition talks, which are yet to be sealed, the two sides struck an initial agreement to end voluntary federal admission programs for refugees wherever possible and not launch any new programs, according to a document seen by Reuters.
According to the interior ministry, Germany planned to offer up to 6,560 places as part of an EU resettlement program this year. This program typically accepts refugees of various nationalities or stateless individuals from countries including Egypt, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan and Libya.