Iran's Expediency Council head Akbar
Hashemi-Rafsanjani's daughter, Faezeh, has been released after being briefly
arrested for participating in an illegal rally in Tehran.
Faezeh Hashemi along with four other members of the former president's family
had been reportedly arrested for having participated in an illegal rally "in
[Tehran's] Azadi Avenue and inciting and encouraging rioters" on Saturday.
Rafsanjani's daughter was the last of those detained to be released on Sunday
evening.
The other four, which included Faezeh's daughter, Hossein Mar'ashi's wife,
daughter, and sister-in-law -- Mar'ashi is a cousin to Hashemi-Rafsanjani's wife
-- were released earlier on Sunday.
Security forces attack protestors near University of Tehran on
Saturday June 19
Hashemi-Rafsanjani's children are reportedly
barred form leaving the country.
Earlier in June, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
had accused Rafsanjani and his immediate family of corruption during a televised
debate with his main rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
