An Iranian court has sentenced the daughter of Iranian ex-president Faeze Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was detained for supporting recent mass protests in the country, to 5 years in prison, her lawyer Neda Shams said.
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“Ms. Faeze Hashemi has been provisionally sentenced to 5 years in prison on the charges brought against her latest case… Commenting on the verdict, given its inconclusiveness, is not right,” Shams wrote on her Twitter.
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“Provisional verdict” in the Iranian judiciary implies the possibility of appeal.
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The lawyer added that her client is still in prison, several more cases have been filed against her.
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Faeze Hashemi Rafsanjani is a reformist politician and former member of parliament. She was a supporter of the Iranian opposition. Participated in anti-government demonstrations and protests. She was first arrested in 2009 when she supported one of the candidates of the reformist wing, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, during the presidential elections. Subsequently, she was twice sentenced to 6 months in prison, she was also banned from political activity for a period of five years.
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Faese was again detained on September 27, 2022 for supporting the mass protests that had begun in connection with the death of a girl detained by the morality police.
