Iranian authorities arrested the daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on Tuesday accused of inciting citizens to protest, in the context of demonstrations against the death of a young woman for wearing the Islamic veil incorrectly.
“Faezeh Hashemi was arrested in eastern Tehran by security forces for inciting protesters to protest in the street,” the Tasnim news agency reported, without giving further details.
A former MP and women’s rights activist, Faezeh Hashemi, was charged by an Iranian court in July with advertising against the Islamic Republic and committing blasphemy on social media.
Protests in Iran began on September 16, when 22-year-old Iranian Mahsa Amini died in hospital, three days after she was detained by so-called customs police for violating women’s dress rules which state that Women cannot show their hair in public.
According to a report by the Iranian news agency Fars, some 60 people, including protesters and members of the security forces, have been killed since the start of the protest movement.
The movement spread to several Iranian cities and some protesters launched anti-government slogans, local media report.
The authorities add that since the 16th, more than 1,200 protesters, including women, have been arrested.
At the end of 2012, Faezeh Hashemi was also arrested and sentenced to six months in prison for “propaganda against the Islamic Republic of Iran”.
His father, president from 1989 to 1997, was a moderate politician who advocated rapprochement with the West.
Iranians took to the streets again, for the twelfth night in a row, despite heavy repression.
While international calls to end the use of force against protesters are mounting, the Iranian government has stood firm in the face of the protests, accusing the participants of being “disruptive” and of “undermining public safety and property.” .
Source: TSF
