After that, he taught them the steps for men and women to use in the dance. After all this, the song related to that dance is played, and Khordadians start dancing with people behind them. Arrested in Iran He went to Iran on April 22, 2001, to visit his sick father [8] (in another interview, he claimed that he returned to Iran because of his love for a 21-year-old boy) and was arrested at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran. He spent 21 days in solitary confinement and then was transferred to Evin Prison, where he stayed for 40 days. He claims that he suffered “a lot of mental torture” during that time.