HRANA News Agency – Amin Adel Ahmadian, attorney at law, has announced that the Supreme Court of Iran has rejected the second request for retrial filed on behalf of Mehdi Hasani (Hassani), a political prisoner sentenced to death.
Ahmadian stated that the Supreme Court’s Branch 29 rejected the second retrial request without even requesting the case file from Branch 26 of the Revolutionary Court. He also noted that no judicial body had allowed him access to the case documents.
Hassani’s first retrial request had previously been rejected by Branch 39 of the Supreme Court on February 24, 2024.
On January 26, 2025, Hassani and Behrooz Ehsani Eslamlou were transferred from Evin Prison to Ghezel Hesar Prison in Karaj under the pretext of receiving medical attention. Their executions were subsequently halted following the registration and temporary acceptance of their retrial requests by the Supreme Court.
In late September 2023, Mehdi Hassani and Behrouz Ehsani Eslamloo were tried in Branch 26 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Iman Afshari. The court sentenced both men to death on charges including baghi (armed rebellion), moharebeh (enmity against God), spreading corruption on earth, gathering classified information, and collusion against national security. These verdicts were later upheld by Iran’s highest judicial authority and communicated to their lawyers.
Alleged membership in the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI/MEK) is among the charges brought against them.
Mehdi Hassani, aged about 47, is married and the father of two. He was arrested on September 9, 2022, while attempting to leave the country and was later transferred to Evin Prison.
