He continued his studies there and received a doctorate in teacher education. After his suspension, Mowahed said goodbye to wrestling forever and did not even accept the offer to coach the US national wrestling team. He said in this regard:”Honestly, I really wanted to go to work in Iran, I don’t know, maybe it’s not pleasant for some people, but I didn’t like to teach the things I know to someone to go and knock down the Iranians. That’s how I was.”