In March 2022, Mehrjui publicly denounced the Shiite censorship. In front of a filled cinema crowd, Mehrjui announced,
listen to me, I can’t take it anymore,” he said. “I want to fight [back]. Kill me, do whatever you want with me…destroy me, but I want my right.Daryoush Mehrjui and his wife, Vahideh Mohammadifar, were found stabbed to death on 14 October 2023, in their villa in Meshkin Dasht, Karaj. Neither the identity of the perpetrators nor their motives have been disclosed, and further details are not available. Prior to this incident, Vahideh had posted on her social media page about anonymous personal threats, including threats from a non-Iranian individual with a knife.