Tehran, Dec 15, IRNA -- The Revolutionary Court on Saturday issued court rulings for 52 defendants of the banned 'Freedom Movement of Iran (FMI)' party, stressing that none of the charges against the party members had been 'political', the press reported here on Sunday.

The Persian-language daily 'Iran' quoted head of the Branch 21 of Tehran Revolutionary Court Hassan Babaei as saying that the court had dropped charges of taking up arms against the system on FMI, adding that the amount of arms and ammunition seized from the group did not deserve the conviction.

Babaei added that the group members had received sentences up to 10 or 11 years prison terms, and cash fines, and that 11 of the group members had been acquitted.

He further stressed that all groups members have been released on bail.

The head of the Branch 21 of Tehran Revolutionary Court further said that the case of Ebrahim Yazdi, the head of the group, is still going through preliminary investigations.