Sulmaz Ikdar, reporter, was sentenced to three years imprisonment for “insulting the leader” and “anti-government propaganda”. She was arrested on June 11, 2015, at Tehran’s airport while intending to leave the country to continue her education abroad.
Ikdar worked for Farhikhtegan, Mardom-e Emrouz, Aseman, Bahar and Sharq dailies among others. In 2008, she was tried on the charge of “anti-government propaganda”, sentenced to six months of suspended imprisonment and expelled from college.