Former MP and women’s rights activist, Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, “was charged with conspiracy, disturbing public order and propaganda against the Islamic Republic.”
The daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has been held in Tehran since late September, is accused of “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic, amid protests in Iran over her death. Mahsa Amini, the judicial authority announced today Tuesday.
The protests in Iran erupted on September 16, when the 22-year-old Iranian woman of Kurdish origin died in hospital, three days after she was arrested in Tehran by morality police for what police said was a violation of the strict dress code for women in the country. Islamic Republic, which provides mainly to wear a headscarf.
Former lawmaker and women’s rights activist Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani “was charged with conspiracy, disturbing public order and propaganda against the Islamic Republic,” Iranian justice spokesman Masoud Setagesi said at a press conference in Tehran.
Hashemi, 59, was arrested on September 27 in Tehran because it encouraged residents to demonstrate. He has been convicted repeatedly in the past.
“On March 10, he was sentenced to 15 months in prison and an additional two-year sentence that includes a ban on internet activities,” Massoud Setagesi said, without elaborating.
And in July, Iranian justice charged her with propaganda against the Islamic Republic and blasphemy on social media. In late 2012, Faezeh was arrested and sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic.
Her father, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, president between 1989 and 1997, was a moderate leader who advocated improved relations with the West.
According to a latest Iranian tally, dozens of people have died in the protests since September 16, including 18 members of the security forces.
Iranian authorities, who deny any involvement of the order’s forces in the death of Mahsha Amini, arrested hundreds of protesters, calling them “rioters”.
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