Monday 24 September 2012

Prisoner Record Created: Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani

Name: Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani

Gender: Male
Status: Arrested
Prison: Unknown

Notes: PhD Oriental Studies student at Wolfson College, Oxford in England. Son of former president Rafsanjani, brother of prisoner Faezeh, born 20 September 1969. Iran-Iraq War veteran, saw combat in 1986, injured 1987. Married to his cousin Fereshteh Hashemi Bahramani (daughter of late Ghasem Hashemi Bahramani); sons Foad and Yasin. aka Mehdi Hashemi Bahramani Rafsanjani July 2009: Briefly detained after protests 24 Nov 2010: Arrest warrant issued after he left the country 24 Sep 2012: Arrested on return to Iran after 3 years in the UK.

Sentence: 

Location/Home Town: Langrud
Faith or Ethnicity: Muslim
Occupation or Activity: Student, Writer

Source

Iran Prisoner List: http://hyperactivist.info/ipr.html