The daughter of former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been charged with propaganda activities against the country and blasphemy, a court announced on Sunday.
In May, the website of the Judicial Authority, Mizan Online announced the summons by the prosecutor of Faezeh Hachémi, 59, for his comments on social networks on the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the regime, and the prophet Muhammad. Ms. Hachémi had been arrested and sentenced to six months in prison at the end of 2012 for “propaganda” against the Islamic Republic. “The indictment was transferred to court, where she was charged with propaganda activities against the Islamic Republic of Iran system and blasphemy,” Tehran’s public prosecutor Ali Salehi said. , quoted by Mizan Online.
According to the official Irna agency, she apologized on April 23, indicating that she was “joking (…) without intending to insult”
Ms. Hachémi, a former MP and women’s rights activist, argued in mid-April that Tehran’s request to remove the Revolutionary Guards from the US blacklist of terrorist organizations was “harmful to national interests”. Removing the terrorist designation for the Guardians is a key demand from Tehran in negotiations to reinvigorate its nuclear program deal with major powers. Ms Hachémi had also said in a video that the wife of the Prophet Muhammad, Khadija, “was a businesswoman”, which would show that according to Islam, “women can also engage in economic activity like men”.
The Prophet “later squandered his wife’s money,” she added with a smile. According to the official Irna agency, she apologized on April 23, indicating that she was “joking (…) without intending to insult”. His father, Akbar Hachémi Rafsanjani, president between 1989 and 1997, was a moderate who advocated improving ties with the West and the United States.