Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani
Hashemi Rafsanjani in 2014
Born
Mehdi Hashemi Bahramani

(1969-09-20) 20 September 1969 (age 55)
OccupationBusinessman
Known forStatoil corruption case
SpouseFereshteh Hashemi Rafsanjani[3]
Parent(s)Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Effat Marashi
Conviction(s)Corruption crimes[1]
Criminal chargeMultiple
Unknown "security offences and financial crimes"[2]
Penalty10 years in prison[1]
Capture status
In Prison[1]
Date apprehended
11 August 2015; 9 years ago (2015-08-11)[1]
Imprisoned atEvin Prison

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani (Persian: مهدی هاشمی رفسنجانی; born 20 September 1969) is an Iranian businessman and the fourth child of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, former president of Iran. He is known as an Iranian "Aghazadeh".[4]

  1. ^ a b c d "Rafsanjani's son enters prison amid media circus – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East". Al-Monitor. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Iran ex-leader Rafsanjani's son 'jailed for 15 years'". BBC World Service. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2015.
  3. ^ پاسخ همسر مهدی هاشمی؛ دستگيری فرشته هاشمی چگونه اتفاق افتاد
  4. ^ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi (25 September 2012), "Rafsanjani reacts to his Son's Arrest; Ahmadinejad's Last Visit to New York", Al-Monitor, archived from the original on 5 August 2017, retrieved 15 July 2017