El van arrestar agents de seguretat el 2 de gener de 2015 i el van transferir al pavelló 2-A de la Guarda Revolucionària Iraniana (IRGC) a la presó d'Evin, on va ser interrogat durant un any.
Security agents arrested him on January 2, 2015, and transferred him to the IRGC’s Ward 2-A at Evin Prison, where he stayed under interrogation for a year.