Well, even when I was a member of Parliament—and according to Iran's constitution, members of Parliament enjoy immunity—I was arrested while I was in my home, I believe it was in 2001. That was absolutely against Iran's constitution.
My arrest was due to my addressing human rights issues, and asking that the Supreme Leader be held accountable, because the judiciary acts under his rule. I had a trial, where I was sentenced to 10 months' imprisonment. I never served it. And there have been several other cases against me.
But in general, the population supports change, so while the government violated my constitutional rights, my colleagues and I who stand for human rights and democracy were very popular and welcomed by people.
We experienced two levels of welcoming by people, and of course the Supreme Leader and his followers didn't like us criticizing them, especially as some of these human rights violations were committed by the corps, the Pasdaran, so one of the files against me was issued by them.
In 2005 I realized that to continue my work at another level, I had to leave the country, and I have resided in the United States since then.