Javad Abbasi, a Salmasian teacher and political activist, has been sentenced to jail on Thursday 21, 2005. The court announced that Javad Abbasi had been found guilty of

• publishing the announcements of the South Azerbaijan national movement,
• attending in the Babak Castle Congress,
• taking part in the Pan-Turkic meetings,
• formation of Pan-Turkic meetings,
• providing financial support for the South Azerbaijan national movement,
• having the sculptors of the Bozgurd (i.e.: gray wolf, the symbol of Turk people) and posters of the Azerbaijani heroes,
• being the local leadership of the Pan-Turkic movements,
• being the local leadership of GAMOH and advertising the believes of Dr. Chehragani,
• reproducing and distributing the CDs of the national movement,
• attempting to overthrow the regime,
• disturbing the national security,
• having connection by the foreign organizations

The main reason behind the trail is that Javad Abbasi has been defending from his national identity.