Elaheh Mohammadi

Elaheh Mohammadi
Persian: الهه محمدی
Born(1987-05-09)9 May 1987
NationalityIranian
OccupationJournalist
Known forReporting on Mahsa Amini's funeral and her subsequent arrest
AwardsWorld Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award, UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, Leuchtturm Prize, John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award

Elaheh Mohammadi (Persian: الهه محمدی) is an Iranian journalist who reports on society and women's issues for the daily Ham-Mihan newspaper. She has also worked with state-controlled media outlets such as Shahrvand, Khabar Online and Etemad Online in the past years.[1] Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.

Mohammadi was arrested by Iranian security forces in September 2022 for reporting on Mahsa Amini's funeral.[2][3][4][5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "الهه محمدی روزنامه‌نگار بازداشت شد". IranWire (in Persian). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  3. ^ "وزارت اطلاعات و سپاه، آمریکا را به هدایت اعتراضات متهم کردند – DW – ۱۴۰۱/۸/۶". Deutsche Welle (DW) (in Persian). Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. ^ "حمایت ب یش از ۳۰۰ روزنامه‌نگار ایرانی از نیلوفر حامدی و الهه محمدی، به‌دنبال انتشار بیانیه وزارت اطلاعات و سپاه" [More than 300 Iranian journalists support Nilofar Hamidi and Elaha Mohammadi, following the release of the statement of the Ministry of Intelligence and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps]. BBC News فارسی (in Persian). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. ^ "تلاش جمهوری اسلامی برای جرم‌انگاری اطلاع‌رسانی؛ خبرنگاری جرم نیست" [The Islamic Republic's attempt to criminalize information; Journalism is not a crime]. صدای آمریکا (Voice of America) (in Persian). Retrieved 7 January 2023.