Tabriz prison, located in northwest Iran, has a capacity of 2,500 inmates yet more than 5,000 have been placed inside this facility. Currently 8 political prisoners are dispersed in various wards in violation of separating the prisoners based on their sentences. The names, sentences, wards and allegations raised against these prisoners are stated below:
1. Mohammad Jarahi, labor activist, 5 years behind bars, assembly and collusion against national security through establishing illegal groups, ward 8
2. Ayat Mehr Ali Biglu, Turk (Azari) activist, 8 years behind bars (calculating all crimes), assembly and collusion for action against national security, membership in illegal groups, ward 15
3. Rasoul Razavi, Turk (Azari) activist, 6 months behind bars + 6 months suspension, propaganda against the state, ward 15
4. Morteza Moradpour, Turk (Azari) activist, 3 years behind bars, propaganda against the state, assembly and collusion for actions against national security, ward 12
5. Hossein Ali Mohammadi Alvar, Turk (Azari) activist, 5 years behind bars, propaganda against the state, assembly and collusion for actions against national security, insulting sanctuaries (acquitted), ward 12
6. Naghi Ahmadi Azar Moghadam, 5 years behind bars, 10 year ban from travelling to Azerbaijan, propaganda against the state and espionage for Azerbaijan, ward 12
7. Behboud Gholizadeh, Turk (Azari) activist, 9 years behind bars, forming illegal group + propaganda against the state, ward 4
8. Atta Farsad, 2½ years behind bars, arrested after a soccer match and sentenced on charges of propaganda against the state and insulting the leader based on contents inside mobile phone and postings on Facebook page, 11 years

 (February 8, 2016)