Eliyahu Luxenberg, knitted news10.01.23 13:03 17 in Tevet Tishpag
Hijab protest (Photo: Shutterstock)
Faiza Rafsanjani, the daughter of former Iranian president Akbar Hashmi Rafsanjani, who was recently arrested after participating in protests, was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
Rafsanjani’s lawyer announced today (Tuesday) that a heavy punishment was imposed on the president’s daughter, but did not specify the crimes for which she was convicted.
Faiza Rafsanjani is known as a recognized opponent of the regime in Iran and has already been prosecuted several times in the previous years and even went to prison on the charge of “propaganda against the state”. Last September it was reported that she was arrested again, this time for “inciting riots” as part of the hijab protest. It should be noted that the lawyer added in a tweet on Twitter that the punishment is not final and may still change.
Hijab protest (Photo: Shutterstock)
President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani served as the president of Iran in 1989-1997 and died of a heart attack in 2017 in a hospital in Tehran. Rafsanjani, unlike the current regime, was known for promoting good relations with the West and is considered a less conservative president than the radical line to which Iran has been led in recent decades.
As mentioned, his daughter, who continues a similar line of thinking, was recently arrested after a widespread protest known as the “hijab protest” took place in Iran in recent months, the protest began following the death of the 22-year-old Kurdish young woman Mehsa Ameini, who was arrested by the modesty guards in Tehran for walking around with her head uncovered and without a hijab. father.
During the demonstrations, many Iranian citizens were arrested, including singers, network stars, football players and other social activists who dared to speak out against the regime online and in public – while some of them are still being detained under sub-conditions. A number of protesters were even executed,
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