Iranian activist Faezeh Hashemi, daughter of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has been sentenced to five years over "propaganda" and acts against national security, her lawyer told AFP on Monday.
Hashemi was arrested in the capital Tehran on September 27 for encouraging residents to demonstrate amid nationwide protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini.
"My client, Ms. Hashemi, was sentenced to five years in prison by the preliminary court," her lawyer Neda Shams said, adding she plans to appeal the verdict.
The 60-year-old former lawmaker and women's rights activist was charged with "collusion against national security, propaganda against the Islamic republic and disturbing public order by participating in illegal gatherings", the lawyer told AFP.
"The decision, which is not final, was communicated to me on Wednesday, and we will appeal it within the time frame allowed by law," added Shams.
Iranian authorities say hundreds of people, including members of the security forces, have been killed and thousands arrested in connection with the protests.
Four people have been executed, and the judiciary has said 13 others have been sentenced to death over the unrest. Six of these defendants have been granted retrials.
Hashemi, a former lawmaker and a women's rights activist, has had previous run-ins with the law in the Islamic Republic.
In July, she was charged with carrying out propaganda activity against the country and blasphemy in social media comments, the judiciary said at the time.
Hashemi was reported to have said Iran's demand for the Revolutionary Guards to be removed from a US terror list was "damaging" to the country's "national interests," according to media reports then.
Hashemi's father, who served as Iran's president from 1989 to 1997 was considered a moderate close to the reformist camp and who advocated improved ties with the West and the United States.
Rafsanjani was barred from standing in the 2013 presidential election, officially because of his age. He threw his support behind the eventual winner, Hassan Rouhani. He died in January of 2017 at the age of 82.