• <coverage-outsourcing id='1269'> He was incarcerated for 1.5 years in the 1980s </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1270'> He was arrested alongside eight other Baha'i citizens of Mashhad and released after about a month </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1272'> Shortly before his incarceration began, his daughter was arrested and held in Mashhad Intelligence Ministry's lock-up for three months </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1271'> His five year sentence began. He was charged with "Propagating against the state", "Attempts against national security by participating in the wayward Bahai' sect", "Relations with enemy states after travelling abroad", "Holding illegal gatherings", and "Publishing and distributing CD's and Books for the wayward Baha'i sect" and tried in Mashhad Revolutionary Court </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='1278'> He was released after five years in prison </coverage-outsourcing>