Saddam Hussein's exiled daughter Raghad Saddam Hussein was sentenced to seven years in prison by a Baghdad court for promoting her father's outlawed Baath party. The party was dissolved and banned after Hussein was overthrown during the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq.
Raghad Hussein was found guilty of promoting activities of the Baath party in 2021 during television interviews, AFP reported. Raghad was sentenced in absentia. Raghad in an interview with Saudi-based news channel Al Arabiya took a strong stance against Iranian interference in Iraq. "The Iranians have violated Iraq after the absence of a real power," she said.
Raghad currently lives in Jordan with her sister Rana. Her brothers Uday and Qusay were killed by the US Army in 2003 in Mosul. Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq, marred by oppression, political persecution and unrest is an epoch that is still remembered by several Iraqis.
Raghad remains a symbol of a past that continues to challenge Iraq's future. Today, in Iraq, anyone trying to promote the ousted regime can be subject to persecution.
"Many people told me that our period was indeed a time of glory, of pride; of course, the country was stable and rich," she told Al Arabiya in the interview. Iraqi authorities, in 2018 had placed her on the country’s “most wanted” list, along with people belonging to ISIS, al-Qaeda and others from her father's party.
