Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Iranian President Ahmadinejad will not be flogged, says spokesman

An Iranian government spokesman has dismissed a media report that claimed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad could face 74 lashes for breaking the country's election rules.

Daughter of former Iran President sent to jail

The daughter of influential former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani was taken to prison late on Saturday to serve a six-month sentence for "spreading anti-state propaganda," Iranian media reported.