The spokesman for the Iranian judiciary announced that Mehdi Hashemi, the son of Iran’s Expediency Council chief, moderate cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been sentenced to imprisonment, cash fines, confiscation of assets and a ban from seeking any government employment. Fars News Agency reports that Hashemi is facing seven years in jail and cash […]
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Lawyer accuses prosecutor, officials of using false evidence
According to a report by Radio Zamaneh, Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabayi, the lawyer for Mehdi Hashemi, says some of the evidence presented against his client by security officials and the ministry of intelligence was fake. Alizadeh Tabatabyi told IRNA that he has informed the judge of the problems, adding: “Although the prosecutor’s office has had […]
Case against official’s son still being prepared
The case against Mehdi Hashemi, the son of Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, is still being cleared of a number of deficiencies, says Judge Nasser Seraj. The Mehr News Agency reports that according to Judge Seraj, once the case is prepared it will be sent to court. He maintained that more time is […]