- Former Iranian president’s daughter Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was given a five-year prison term.
- The lawyer, Neda Shams, tweeted the verdict against Faezeh Hashemi.
- Hashemi has spent a number of years in prison for speaking out against the administration.
The daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been given a five-year prison term.
The lawyer, Neda Shams, tweeted that the verdict against Faezeh Hashemi, a well-known Iranian activist, is “not final.” Shams continued, “The client is still in jail and there are additional cases against her.
According to state-aligned news agency ISNA on Tuesday, Hashemi was charged with “propaganda against the system” last year by Tehran’s public prosecutor.
According to ISNA, she was detained and sent to Evin prison in September.
In recent months, as anti-government rallies erupted across the nation, Iran has imprisoned a number of well-known activists, including author and poet Mona Borzouei, musician Shervin Hajipour, and Iranian football player Hossein Mahini.
Hashemi has spent a number of years in prison for speaking out against the administration and taking part in demonstrations.
After being arrested in 2012 for uttering anti-government remarks, she was imprisoned for several months.
When he was elected president a year after the Iran-Iraq War ended, her father, a revolutionary who opposed Shah’s authority and its pro-Western social and economic policies, campaigned for liberalization and privatization plans.
Age 82, Rafsanjani passed away in 2017. According to statements from Iranian officials and Iranian media analyzed by news and 1500Tasvir, as authorities try to quell the rise in angry public sentiment throughout Iran, as many as 41 more protesters have been given death sentences in recent months. However, the actual number may be much higher.
Two young men, one a karate champion and the other a volunteer children’s coach, were executed in Iran on Saturday in response to widespread protests, which infuriated people all over the world.
Four persons have now been confirmed as having died by execution in connection with the protests that began in September after Mahsa Amini, an Iranian Kurdish woman, died in police detention.
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