WE HAVE MEASURED INTERSEISMIC DEFORMATION ACROSS THE NORTH TABRIZ FAULT (NTF) USING 17 ASAR/ENVISAT ACQUISITIONS ON A SINGLE TRACK FOR THE PERIOD 2003-2010. THE MAIN LIMITING FACTOR ON THE ACCURACY OF INTERFEROMETRIC SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR (INSAR) MEASUREMENTS COMES FROM PHASE PROPAGATION DELAYS THROUGH THE TROPOSPHERE. IN ORDER TO RETRIEVE THE PATTERN OF STRAIN ACCUMULATION, WE SHOW IT IS NECESSARY TO USE DATA FROM THE EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR MEDIUM RANGE WEATHER FORECASTS (ECMWF), TO CORRECT INTERFEROGRAMS FOR DIFFERENCES IN WATER VAPOR AND PRESSURE. THIS HAS ENABLED US TO ROBUSTLY ESTIMATE THE SLIP RATE AND LOCKING DEPTH FOR THE NTF USING A SIMPLE ELASTIC DISLOCATION MODEL. OUR DATA ARE CONSISTENT WITH A SLIP RATE OF 3–6 MM/YR BELOW A LOCKING DEPTH OF 9-12 KM FOR THE NTF IN AGREEMENT WITH PREVIOUS GEODETIC ESTIMATES BASED ON RECENT GPS MEASUREMENTS.