News Center- Mohammad Hossein Agassi, lawyer of political activist Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani, who was arrested during nationwide protests and sentenced to five years in prison and banned from leaving the country, has announced on his social media account that the five-year prison sentence against Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani has been upheld by an Iranian appeals court.

Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani was arrested by Iranian security forces in Tehran in late September 2022 during nationwide protests and was taken to Evin prison. She was sentenced to five years in prison and banned from leaving the country on the charges of “propaganda against the system” and “uttering blasphemies”.