Death sentences issued for four defendants in the 2022 protest case by Tehran Revolutionary Court
25-May-2026
Category: Death Sentence
24 May 2026
News group: Issuance of death sentences
Breathing in Confinement: Milad Armon, Navid Najjaran, Mehdi Imani, and Seyed Mohammadmehdi Hosseini, all detained during the nationwide protests of 2022, have been sentenced to death by the Tehran Revolutionary Court on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh).
According to Breathing in Confinement, the news outlet of the Prisoners’ Rights League in Iran, Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, sentenced these four political prisoners to death on charges of “moharebeh.”
In the same case, Amir Mohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Alireza Barmerz Pournak, Alireza Kafaei, and Hossein Nemati, the other defendants, were each sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security,” and two years’ imprisonment on charges of “propaganda against the state.” They were also sentenced to two years’ prohibition from activities in cyberspace and a two-year ban on residing in Tehran and Alborz provinces.
According to published reports, the verdict was communicated verbally to the defendants on 24 May 2026, without the presence or prior notification of their lawyers. Reports further indicate that, at the time of publication of this report, the formal written judgment had not yet been served on the defence lawyers. This may create uncertainty or limitations regarding the defendants’ ability to exercise their right to appeal within the legal time frame.
It is noteworthy that, in an earlier branch of the same case, known as the “Ekbatan Township case,” Branch 13 of the Tehran Province Criminal Court One had previously sentenced Milad Armon, Alireza Kafaei, and Amir Mohammad Khosh-Eghbal on charges of “participation in intentional murder” to each pay an equal share of the full blood money (diya) for one person and to serve five years’ imprisonment.
In the same case, Alireza Barmerz Pournak, Hossein Nemati, and Navid Najjaran were acquitted of the charge of “participation in intentional murder” due to insufficient evidence linking them to inflicting an effective blow on a Basij member named Arman Aliverdi.