EKBATAN CASE IN REVOLUTIONARY COURT: FOUR DEATH SENTENCES, AND FOUR TO PRISON

Branch 15 of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, has sentenced four defendants in the so-called “Ekbatan” case to death on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh).

Reports indicate that Milad Armoun, Navid Najaran, Mehdi Imani, and Seyed Mohammad Mehdi Hosseini, detainees from Iran’s 2022 national uprising, have received death sentences in this case.

Additionally, Amir Mohammad Khosh Eghbal, Alireza Barmarz Pournak, Alireza Kafaei, and Hossein Nemati, the other defendants in the case, have each been sentenced to seven years in prison along with supplementary punishments, including bans on online activity and restrictions on residing in Tehran and Alborz provinces.

Informed sources have reported that the verdict was communicated to the defendants without the presence or prior notification of their lawyers. To date, the official copy of the ruling has not been provided to their legal representatives. This has raised serious concerns about the judicial process and the defendants’ access to their legal rights.