• <coverage-outsourcing id='356'> He was arrested in Karaj at the age of 21 and transferred to Ward 209 of Evin Prison </coverage-outsourcing>
• <coverage-outsourcing id='357'> After three years of incarceration in Evin and Rajaee Shahr Prisons he was exiled to Birjand Prison. He published a letter from Birjand Prison in which he highlighted the violation of his legal rights and the pressure his family was facing from agents of the Intelligence Ministry. He was charged with "Collaboration with opposition groups (People's Mujaheddin of Iran)" and sentenced to 25 years in prison by judge Razghandi </coverage-outsourcing>