Journalist Mahta Sadri released on bail

Mahta Sadri, the editor-in-chief of the state-run news website GilanSadr.ir, was temporarily released on bail from Lakan Prison in Rasht on June 9, the International Federation of Journalists reported on Tuesday.

News Center- Mahta Sadri, the editor-in-chief of the state-run news website GilanSadr.ir, was temporarily released on bail from Lakan Prison in Rasht on June 9, the international Federation of Journalists (CPJ) reported on Tuesday.

Iranian security forces arrested Mahta Sadri in her northwest hometown of Gilan on May 25 on unspecified charges and was transferred to Lakan prison in the northern city of Rasht.

Although the charges against her are still unknown, local sources said that she was arrested for covering the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi in the helicopter crash.