in october 2008, esha momeni, a graduate student of the school of communications, media and arts at california state university, interviewed activists in tehran for a film as part of her california-based studies. she was arrested, initially for a driving offence, and prominent iranian lawyer mohammad ali dadkhah quoted officials of the islamic revolutionary court as saying her detention related to involvement in the one million signatures campaign. momeni was released on bail in november 2008 after 28 days in evin prison, but was not allowed to leave iran. , she was still there.