[7] Hejab was first arrested in January 2018 in Shiraz on charges of "assembly, collusion and propaganda against the system".
[8] Hejab was rearrested by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in June 2019 and eventually brought to Evin Prison.
[10] In March 2020, days after her temporary release on heavy bail,[6] Hejab was sentenced to 18 years in prison after having been convicted for charges including "propaganda against the system", "forming a women's rights group" and "calling for a referendum to change the Constitution".
[12] After an appeals court session on 23 May 2020, she was arrested and beaten by IRGC officials and brought to Qarchak Prison.
[11] From within prison, she continued to call for the toppling of Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.