Iranian judiciary accuses Rafsanjani's daughter of "propaganda" against the state

Iranian students demonstrate at Amir Kabir University of Technology in Tehran.

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The Iranian judiciary charged Faezeh, the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, with "propaganda" against the state, after she was arrested in connection with the protests that followed the death of the young woman, Mahsa Amini, according to what a spokesman for the judiciary announced yesterday.

On September 27, local media reported the arrest of Faezeh Hashemi, 59, on suspicion of “inciting” the protests that followed Amini’s death on September 16, after she was arrested by the morality police for not adhering to strict dress codes.

"She (Fezeh) has been charged with collusion, disturbing public order and propaganda against the state," judiciary spokesman Masoud Staichi said during a press conference.

The former deputy and activist in the field of women's rights had previously been involved in confrontations with the authorities, and had been arrested more than once in the past years.

In July, she was charged with propaganda against Iran and blasphemy in comments on social media, according to what the judiciary said at the time, following statements in which she said that Iran's demand to remove the name of the Revolutionary Guards from the US list of "terrorist" organizations during discussions to revive the nuclear agreement, It “harms” the “national interests” of Tehran.

In 2012, she was sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda against the state.”

In his press conference, Staichi indicated that the judiciary had issued a ruling against Faiza last March, "convicting her of 15 months in prison and an additional two years for preventing any activity on the Internet", without providing additional details about it.

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