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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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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Chinese National Killed in Afghanistan

An Afghan man is silhouetted during sunset, at Bangala area in the Chimtal district of Balkh province on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
An Afghan man is silhouetted during sunset, at Bangala area in the Chimtal district of Balkh province on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
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ISIS Claims Responsibility for Chinese National Killed in Afghanistan

An Afghan man is silhouetted during sunset, at Bangala area in the Chimtal district of Balkh province on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)
An Afghan man is silhouetted during sunset, at Bangala area in the Chimtal district of Balkh province on January 19, 2025. (Photo by Atif Aryan / AFP)

ISIS has claimed responsibility for the killing of a Chinese national in Afghanistan's northern Takhar province, in a post on its Telegram channel late on Wednesday.
Afghan police in the province had said on Wednesday that a Chinese citizen was murdered and a preliminary investigation had been launched, but it was not clear who was behind the attack, Reuters reported.
ISIS said it had targeted a vehicle carrying the Chinese citizen, which led to his death and damage to his vehicle.
China's foreign ministry said on Thursday it was "deeply shocked" by the attack and had demanded that the Afghan side thoroughly investigate the incident and severely punish the perpetrators.
"We urge the Afghan interim government to take resolute and effective measures to ensure the security of Chinese civil institutions and projects in Afghanistan," ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular press briefing.
China was the first country to appoint an ambassador to Afghanistan under the Taliban and has said it wants to boost trade and investment ties.