Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani

Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani
مهدی هاشمی رفسنجانی
Hashemi Rafsanjani in 2014
Born
Mehdi Hashemi Bahramani

(1969-09-20) 20 September 1969 (age 56)
Tehran, Iran
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseFereshteh Hashemi Rafsanjani[1]
Children2
Parent(s)Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Effat Marashi

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.

Early life and education

Rafsanjani was born on 20 September 1969 in Tehran. He attended elementary, junior and high schools; from Nikan High School, he graduated in 1987. He was accepted at University of Tehran where he majored in telecommunication, obtaining his bachelor's degree in 1992. He earned a master's degree from Sharif University of Technology in the energy engineering field, and worked on a Ph.D. in the energy engineering field at Islamic Azad University.

In October 2010, he began studying for a Ph.D. at Wolfson College, Oxford in oriental studies with a focus on the Iranian constitution.[2][3][4]

Trial

In 2007 authorities in France arrested the CEO and other officers of the giant oil company Total S.A. on charges that Total had bribed Iranian officials. From 1997 to 2003, Total paid out €60,000,000 ($80,000,000) for a favorable contract in the PSEEZ off-shore natural gas field. Much of this money was allegedly paid into bank accounts controlled by Mehdi Rafsanjani, then head of the state-owned company Gaz Iran.[5]

Rafsanjani denied this allegation, and threatened the newspapers which reported it with prosecution.[6]

Rafsanjani returned to Iran from exile to answer charges of inciting unrest after a disputed election in 2009, fueling speculation that Rafsanjani's influence in Tehran may once again be growing.[7] In September 2012, he was arrested on a whole raft of charges and released in December 2012.[8][9]

Release

In January of 2023, Rafsanjani was released from prison after over seven years served.[10]

References

  1. ^ پاسخ همسر مهدی هاشمی؛ دستگيری فرشته هاشمی چگونه اتفاق افتاد
  2. ^ Rajeev Syal (27 March 2011). "Oxford investigates former Iranian president's son over DPhil application". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  3. ^ "The torturer Oxford 'bent over backwards' to admit". The Oxford Student. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Record 2011" (PDF). Wolfson Oxford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2012.
  5. ^ Oil chief held in second corruption investigation – Times Online. Charles Bremner in Paris. 22 March 2007
  6. ^ تكذيب هرگونه ارتباط با توتال :: RajaNews Archived 2 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Son of Iran's former president detained after return from exile". The Telegraph. 24 September 2012. Retrieved 25 September 2012.
  8. ^ Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Eskandar (25 September 2012). "Rafsanjani reacts to his Son's Arrest". Al Monitor. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  9. ^ Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Eskandar (20 December 2012). "Former Ahmadinejad Deputy Calls for Mehdi Hashemi's Execution". Al Monitor. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  10. ^ Agence France-Presse (18 January 2023). "Former Iran president's son freed after seven years". Al Monitor. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
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