A judicial authority sentenced Journalist Marzieh Mahmoudi another time to pay a cash penalty and go to internal exile in the remote city of Torbat-e Jam in Razavi Khorasan province, northeastern Iran, just 40 kilometers from the border from Afghanistan.
Journalist Marzieh Mahmoudi stated in her tweet, “Because of a renewed complaint by (mullah) Hamid Rasaii (a former MP), I was sentenced with a 24-million-Toman cash penalty and one year of exile to Torbat-e Jam.”
Journalist Marzieh Mahmoudi had been previously summoned by the Culture and Media Prosecutor’s Office.
Last year, Hamid Rasaii made highly offensive remarks about the protesters in Iran and was criticized by many. Marzieh Mahmoudi posted a comment on her page, which led to Rasaii’s complaint against her. She was fined 24 million Tomans for a single tweet, a sentence later commuting to 6 million Tomans, which she paid.
Marzieh Mahmoudi is a journalist and the editor of Tejaratnews.com.
Such punishments handed down by the Iranian Judiciary seek to restrict freedom of speech even more than the existing conditions. The mullahs are free to foulmouth young freedom lovers in Iran who risk their lives for doing so. However, a journalist commenting on the mullahs’ offensive words receives a disproportionate punishment.
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