In August 2018, Aryani was arrested at a protest in Tehran with other activists, while assisting an old woman the police knocked to the ground.

[1] According to the U.S., Evin Prison has committed "serious human rights abuses" against political dissidents and critics of the government.

After a version of the video went viral, Aryani was arrested and charged with "inciting and facilitating corruption and prostitution" through promoting "unveiling".

[8] The 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iranian authorities enforce a strict dress code which includes women veiling themselves.

)[9] According to the Nobel Women's Initiative, Aryani has faced "nightmarish conditions in prison... she’s been held in solitary confinement, denied calls from family, and threatened with the arrest of other family members if she did not recant on camera and express 'regret' for allowing herself to be influenced by 'foreign agents'.