Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani

Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani is the daughter of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a political activist, and a founder of the Kargozaran Sazanddegi Iran party. She was arrested during the national uprising in Iran in 2022.

• <coverage-outsourcing id='44631'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3V2qro9'> IRGC's Tabnak reported that Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years of supplementary punishment (losing some social rights). </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44483'> <reference source='https://t.me/hranews/72692'> Faezeh Hashemi was arrested by the security forces. According to HRANA, she was transferred to an undisclosed location. She was arrested during the national uprising in Iran in 2022. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44484'> <reference source='https://t.me/hranews/73446'> HRANA reported that Masoud Setayeshi, the spokesperson for the judiciary announced that she has been charged with propaganda against the state, assembly and collusion against national security, and disrupting public order. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44487'> <reference source='https://t.me/farsivoa/138036'> In a letter to Ali Khamenei which was published in Sazandegi newspaper, her mother Effat Marashi announced that her daughter has been denied access to an attorney and family visits. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='44495'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3VYUb6U'> Her attorney Neda Shams announced that her first trial session was held and she has been charged with assembly and collusion against national security, propaganda against the state, and disrupting public order and peace through participation in illegal gatherings. In another Instagram post, she wrote that the trial is being held while Ms. Hashemi is serving another sentence. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48832'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/csevzn'> Faezeh Hashemi was sentenced to the sum of four years and four months in prison for two different cases. According to Fars, she is facing two convictions: "Ms. Hashemi was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years ban from membership in parties and online and media activities for propaganda against the state, and in the second case she was sentenced to 37 months in prison. Her charges were not mentioned. She is currently serving her prison sentence for the first case. Based on the evidence and previous tweet from her attorney, it seems that she was charged with assembly and collusion to act against national security. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='46236'> <reference source='https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnlxaw7Kyhk/'> In her human rights report on Instagram, Narges Mohammadi reported that Faezeh Hashemi spent 38 days in solitary. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49232'> <reference source='https://www.radiofarda.com/a/32235249.html'> 30 female political and thought prisoners in the women's ward of Evin Prison released an open letter demanding an end to the execution of protesters and unfair sentences for prisoners. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='47936'> <reference source='https://bit.ly/3kpVM89'> A group of political prisoners released a statement in support of Mir Hossein Mousavi and emphasized people's right to choose their own fate. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48964'> <reference source='https://www.zeitoons.com/109222'> In an open letter to the chief of the judiciary Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei, she pledged to continue her political activities. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48965'> <reference source='http://bit.ly/3JCIvmt'> The family of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, the former president of the Expediency Discernment Council, released a letter requesting the release of Faezeh Hashemi. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='48833'> <reference source='https://twitter.com/Mhaghasi1/status/1628758479530852357'> Her attorney Mohammad Hossein Aghasi announced on Twitter that his client's sentence was confirmed by the appeal court. He wrote: > The sentence of five years in prison and ban from leaving the country was confirmed by the appeal court in three days. He did not mention the charges. Based on the previous comments made by the spokesperson for the judiciary about the two cases against Faezeh Hashemi, it seems that the appeal court sentence was regarding the second case, and 37 months of that five-year sentence is enforceable. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='49887'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/h1ed'> She went on furlough. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='50454'> <reference source='https://rb.gy/rsek2'> At the end of her furlough, she returned to prison and an audio file of hers was sent to IranWire in which she talks about the conditions in Evin Prison and a number of her ward mates, mandatory hijab, referendum of relationship with the US, and freedom of choice for hijab and the opposition abroad. In the audio file, she mentions the torture of political prisoner Mahvash Sabet during the interrogation. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='51284'> <reference source='https://www.hra-news.org/2023/hranews/a-41136/'> She was denied phone calls and family visits for a month. Her attorney Mohammad Hossein Aghasi told HRANA: > Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani was denied phone calls for a month along with four other people for signing the statement called Saving Iran. </reference> </coverage-outsourcing>