In July 2015, he was tried at Branch 26 of the Islamic Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Ahmadzadeh and sentenced to two and a half years in prison for “propaganda against the state,” “insulting the Supreme Leader,” and “insulting Mohammad Taghi Mesbagh Yazdi”, who is a member of the Council of Experts. 
Mwezi Julai, 2015, alisomewa mashitaka kwenye Mahakama ya Kimapinduzi ya Kiislamu iliyokuwa inaongozwa na Jaji Ahmadzadeh na kuhukumiwa kifungo cha miaka miwili na nusu jela kwa "kuendesha propaganda dhidi ya serikali," "kumtukana Kiongozi Mkuu wa nchi," na "Kumtukana Mohammad Taghi Mesbagh Yazdi”, ambaye ni mwanachama wa Baraza la Wataalam.