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Faezeh Hashemi

Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani
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Member of the Parliament of Iran
In office
8 May 1996 – 3 May 2000
Constituency Tehran
Majority 34.8%
Personal details
Born Faezeh Hashemi Bahramani
(1962-01-07) 7 January 1962 (age 55)
Qom, Iran
Political party Executives of Construction
Spouse(s) Hamid Lahouti
Children 2
Parents Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Effat Marashi
Alma mater Islamic Azad University
Birmingham City University
Occupation Politician
Profession Journalist
Religion Shia Islam
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani
Criminal penalty ½ year in prison
Criminal status Convicted
Conviction(s) Propaganda against the system
Capture status
Completed sentence and freed
Date apprehended
2012–2013
Imprisoned at Evin Prison

Faezeh Hashemi Bahramani, more known as Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: فائزه هاشمی رفسنجانی‎‎; born 7 January 1962) is an Iranian women's rights activist, politician and former journalist who served as a member of Iranian parliament from 1996 to 2000. She is also president of Executives of Construction Party women's league and the former editor-in-chief of Zan newspaper.

She is the daughter of the former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Rafsanjani is the daughter of Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Effat Marashi. She holds a master of laws degree in international human rights from Birmingham City University.

Rafsanjani was a member of the Executives of Construction Party that was established by moderate politicians. Between 1996 and 2000 she was a parliament representative from Tehran. She founded the women's newspaper Zan in 1998, which was disestablished in April 1999.

In the 1997 presidential elections, Rafsanjani supported Mohammad Khatami. During the 2009 Iranian election protests, Reuters reported that Rafsanjani addressed a crowd at a banned opposition rally in Tehran on 16 June, and was subsequently prohibited from leaving the country. She was arrested and briefly detained at least twice after participating in an opposition rallies in Tehran on 20 June 2009 (together with four relatives), and again on 20 February 2010 after "making blunt statements and chanting provocative slogans," according to Iranian state media. She was again arrested in February 2011. In March 2011, her son, Hassan, was also arrested.


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