Tehran, June 21 (inditop.com) The daughter of Iran’s former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani and four relatives were arrested over their involvement in protests against alleged election fraud in Iran, the Fars news agency reported Sunday.
Faezeh Hashemi, a renowned women’s rights activist, former parliament deputy and head of women sports in Iran, has in the recent years emerged, like her father, as one of the main opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Ahmadinejad had before the June 12 election accused Rafsanjani and his children of corruption.
Fars said that Faezeh, her daughter and three other relatives were arrested during Saturday’s demonstrations for ‘agitating’ the protestors.
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