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Iranian Lawmaker Hamid Rasaei Jailed After False-Info Sentence

By Drooid · Oct 3, 2026, 3:00 AM UTC · How we work

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Lawmaker Hamid Rasaei was sentenced in June to ten months for false information targeting speaker Gen. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Hamid Rasaei turned himself in on September 15 and was placed in Tehran’s Evin prison clerical ward.
Hamid Rasaei is the first sitting Iranian lawmaker ever jailed, according to official reports.
Hamid Rasaei accused President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government of a “coup” and said negotiating team defied Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

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Lawmaker Hamid Rasaei was sentenced in June to ten months for false information targeting speaker Gen. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.
Hamid Rasaei turned himself in on September 15 and was placed in Tehran’s Evin prison clerical ward.
Hamid Rasaei is the first sitting Iranian lawmaker ever jailed, according to official reports.
Hamid Rasaei accused President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government of a “coup” and said negotiating team defied Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.