August 14, 2026 18:50 CET

By RFE/RL

Prominent Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery has been sentenced to a 15-year prison term for her work covering the US-Israeli war with Iran. Here are some of the images she captured of the conflict before the shock sentence was announced.

A man looks out of a damaged building in Tehran during the US-Israeli war with Iran.This picture is the work of Iranian photojournalist Yalda Moaiery who learned she had been sentenced to 15 years in prison on August 8 for her work.

Yalda MoaieryThe photojournalist was accused by Tehran of providing photographs to organizations linked to the United States and Israel, as well as giving interviews to ​media outlets deemed hostile to Iran.