<span style="color: #222222;">Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's daughter Faezeh Hashemi, a known Iranian activist, has been sentenced to five years in prison, her lawyer said on Tuesday.<br />''<br />''State-aligned news agency ISNA said, Hashemi was indicted last year by Tehran's public prosecutor on charges of propaganda against the system.<br />''<br />''Iran has detained a number of high-profile activists in recent months, including writer and poet Mona Borzouei, singer Shervin Hajipour and Iranian football player Hossein Mahini, as anti-government protests rocked the country. The executions on Saturday of two young men in Iran, one a Karate champion, the other a volunteer children's coach, in connection with the nationwide protests, sparked outrage around the world.<br />''<br />''The total number of people now known to have been executed in connection with the protests, sparked by the death of 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in police custody in September last, has reached four.</span><br />
News On AIR | January 10, 2023 7:12 PM
Former Iranian president's daughter sentenced to 5 years in prison