Fourteen Turkish activists in Tabriz sentenced to over 91 years in prison

Hengaw - Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Iranian judicial authorities have sentenced 14 Turkish civil activists in Tabriz to a combined total of 91 years and one month in prison.

Information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights indicates that Branch Two of the Tabriz Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Reza Abdi, issued the verdicts in recent days. Under the ruling, Yourosh Mehralibeyglu was sentenced to six years and two months in prison on charges of “forming a group,” and to an additional three years and seven months on charges of “assembly and collusion.”

The remaining defendants, Hamed Yeganehpour, Ebrahim Avazadeh, Araz Ebrahimnejad, Hossein Azadi, Amirhossein Aghaei, Nasser Razmjoo, Davoud Shiri, Javad Soudbar, Mehrdad Ghaderi, Ali Babaei, Morteza Nourmohammadi, and Mirmohammadreza Movahed, were each sentenced to six years and two months in prison on charges of “forming the Demokratlar group,” and to three years and seven months of discretionary imprisonment on charges of “assembly and collusion against national security.” The combined sentences amount to 91 years and one month in prison.

According to the information, these heavy sentences were formally communicated to the lawyers of the Turkish civil activists in recent days through Iran’s electronic judicial notification system.

The individuals named in this case were arrested at various times during the current year, the previous year, and in 2023, and were later released temporarily from prison.