An Iraqi court sentenced Raghad, the daughter of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, to seven years in prison in absentia on charges of “media promotion” of the Baath Party, according to a document seen by Agence France-Presse.

It was stated in the judicial document, the authenticity of which the agency said that the ruling was issued “for the crime of contributing to the dissemination of ideas and opinions and promoting the activities of the banned (Baath) Party in the media by appearing in the media and promoting its ideas on television channels in the year 2021.”

The law approved by the Iraqi Parliament punishes anyone who belongs to, glorifies or promotes the Baath Party with imprisonment for various periods of up to 15 years.

While the document did not specify the intended television interviews, Raghad Saddam Hussein said in an interview with Al-Arabiya channel in 2021, in response to a question about whether Iraq was the best during her father’s rule: “I hear from many people that yes, our time is a time of glory, people used to live With pride, with high esteem, no one can offend them,” adding: “In general, of course, the country was a stable and wealthy country.”

According to the document, an arrest warrant was also issued against Raghad Saddam Hussein, who does not live in Iraq, but rather has lived with her sister Rana and their children in the Jordanian capital, Amman, since July 2003, months after the fall of their father’s regime. Their brothers, Uday and Qusay, were killed by the American army.