while baháʼís regularly faced persecution in iran, the islamic revolution of 1979 reinforced this further. at 7:30pm on october 23, 1982, four armed revolutionary guards, sent by the public prosecutor of shiraz, entered the mahmudnizhad household and ransacked the home in search of baháʼí material. they then took mona and her father into custody. the two were blindfolded and taken to seppah prison in shiraz, where they were placed in separate quarters; mahmudnizhad was detained in seppah prison for a total of 38 days.