HRANA – Yasamin Dashtani, one of the defendants in the case known as “Ekbatan Town,” has been sentenced by Judge Salavati to five years in prison along with additional punishments.

According to HRANA, Yasamin Dashtani, one of the defendants in the so-called “Ekbatan Town” case, has been sentenced to imprisonment.

Based on a ruling issued by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati, and formally communicated to Ms. Dashtani, she was sentenced to five years in prison on the charge of “assembly and collusion to commit crimes against national security.” She was also sentenced to a two-year ban on membership in political parties and groups, a two-year ban on residing in Tehran and Alborz provinces, and a two-year ban on online activities.

Yasamin Dashtani  was arrested by security forces on December 18, 2022. After the completion of interrogation procedures, she was released on bail on December 20 of the same year.

A Review of the “Ekbatan Town” Case and the Status of the Defendants

In early November 2022, during the nationwide protests and following the killing of a Basij member named Arman Aliverdi in Ekbatan Town, at least 50 young residents of the town were arrested by security and law enforcement forces. Among them, indictments were issued against 14 individuals: Milad Armoun, Seyed Mohammadmehdi Hosseini, Mehdi Imani, Alireza Kafaei, Amirmohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Alireza Barmarz Pournak, Hossein Nemati, Yasamin Dashtani, Amir Mehdi Rezaei, Erfan Rezaei, Gholamreza Nabi Gol, Sara Azhdari, Arya Pakzad, and Mohammadreza Eftekhar. Other detained youths were later released after cases against them were dismissed due to lack of evidence.

An informed source told HRANA: “During the prosecutor’s office stage, dismissal orders were issued for Amir Mehdi Rezaei, Erfan Rezaei, Gholamreza Nabi Gol, Sara Azhdari, Arya Pakzad, and Mohammadreza Eftekhar.”

In November 2024, Milad Armoun, Alireza Kafaei, Amirmohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Navid Najaran, Hossein Nemati, and Alireza Barmarz Pournak, defendants in the “Ekbatan Town” case, were each sentenced to death by Branch 13 of the Tehran Criminal Court. Later, in September 2025, the Supreme Court overturned these death sentences. In late May 2026, new rulings were issued for these defendants by Branch 13 of Tehran Province Criminal Court One. According to the new verdicts, Milad Armoun, Alireza Kafaei, and Amirmohammad Khosh-Eghbal were each sentenced to pay an equal share of the full blood money (diya) for one person and to serve five years in prison on charges of participation in intentional murder. Meanwhile, Alireza Barmarz Pournak, Hossein Nemati, and Navid Najaran were acquitted of participation in intentional murder due to lack of evidence proving they inflicted injuries on a specific part of Arman Aliverdi’s body.

Another part of the defendants’ cases was reviewed by the Revolutionary Court, and verdicts were issued by Branch 15 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Abolghasem Salavati. On May 24, 2026, these verdicts were verbally communicated to the defendants. Milad Armoun, Navid Najaran, Mehdi Imani, and Seyed Mohammadmehdi Hosseini were sentenced to death on charges of “enmity against God” (moharebeh). In addition, Amirmohammad Khosh-Eghbal, Alireza Barmarz Pournak, Alireza Kafaei, and Hossein Nemati were each sentenced to five years in prison on charges of assembly and collusion, two years in prison for propaganda against the regime, a two-year ban on online activities, and a two-year ban on residing in Tehran and Alborz provinces.