Four defendants in the so-called Ekbatan Town case linked to Iran\u2019s 2022 nationwide protests have been sentenced to death by the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of \u201cenmity against God\u201d (moharebeh), according to foreign-based Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA). <\/p>\n
The ruling was issued by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati. The four defendants \u2014 Milad Armoun, Navid Najaran, Mehdi Imani, and Seyed Mohammad-Mehdi Hosseini \u2014 were convicted in connection with the killing of a Basij member during unrest in Ekbatan Township in Tehran, News.Az<\/a> reports, citing HRANA<\/a>.<\/p>\n In the same case, four other defendants \u2014 Amir Mohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Alireza Bormarz Pournak, Alireza Kafaei, and Hossein Nemati \u2014 were sentenced to five years in prison on charges of \u201cassembly and collusion against national security,\u201d two years for \u201cpropaganda against the system,\u201d along with additional penalties including bans on online activity and residency restrictions.<\/p>\n A source familiar with the proceedings told HRANA that the verdict was verbally communicated to the defendants without the presence or prior notification of their lawyers, and has not yet been formally served on defence attorneys, limiting their ability to appeal.<\/p>\n The Ekbatan case stems from arrests made in November 2022, when at least 50 residents of Ekbatan Township were detained following the killing of Basij member Arman Aliverdi during nationwide protests. Indictments were issued against 14 individuals, and the case was later split between Tehran\u2019s Revolutionary Court and Criminal Court.<\/p>\n Parts of the case have seen repeated judicial reversals and retrials, including earlier death sentences that were overturned by Iran\u2019s Supreme Court in 2025 and sent back for review. Earlier criminal court proceedings also resulted in prison terms and orders for compensation payments (diyeh) in some related convictions.<\/p>\n