in recent weeks saying that Mehdi Hashemi (photo), the son of former President All-Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, will be arrested if he ever returns to Iran from London, where he has taken refuge. Yes, that’s true, but the regime announced that many months ago. There’s nothing new there. Hashemi is accused of promoting anti-government protests after last year’s presidential election. During the election campaign, he ran a program to try to minimize any ballot box stuffing.
