Iranian journalist granted asylum by Israel speaks with journalists after her arrival in Israel this morning.

Iranian journalist Nada Amin spoke with press today, Thursday, following Israel’s decision to grant her asylum and her subsequent landing in Israel this morning.

Before arriving in Israel, Amin had stood to be deported from Turkey back to Iran, from which she had fled three years ago and where she was expected to be put to death for her journalistic work with Israeli media.

Amin writes opinion pieces for Israeli newspaper the Times of Israel, among other projects.

On Sunday, Interior Minister Aryeh Deri announced that he had permitted a request by the Jerusalem Association of Journalists to grant Amin asylum in Israel.

"This is a journalist whose life is in real danger, only because of writing columns on an Israeli news website. In these clear humanitarian circumstances, I authorize her entry without hesitation,” Deri had said.

Speaking to journalists in Israel today, Amin said that Israel had likely saved her life.

“There is a death penalty [in Iran] for those who cooperate with Israel, and that’s what scares me,” she said.

“Now I feel safer. I was in danger and the State of Israel saved me. I want to stay here for now, but I will honor any decision of the authorities.”

Amin described the price she has paid for her association with Israeli media.

“I am in touch with some family [in Iran] every several months, but other family members have severed their connection with me. Some of my friends are not ready to speak with me, as well.”