He was arrested about 20 days ago during the protests in Tehran. He has been in contact with his family and close friends. We hear that almost every one who was arrested at the same time as Ziya, has been released by now. But Ziya stays there with no bail
This is very bad news. Ziya has contributed enormously to advance education of Bitcoin privacy. We hope he is released safely soon. If anyone has any additional info please DM. We want to help in any way we can.
His Twitter account now shows "does not exist".
https://twitter.com/_n1rna/status/1579075306987687936 [Nitter]
https://twitter.com/SamouraiWallet/status/1579074578428592128 [Nitter]
@Gladstein shared a detailed thread on Ziya that @guyfawkes has shared: https://nitter.net/gladstein/status/1579166976995635200
Also CoinDesk has an article:
Bitcoin Advocate Ziya Sadr Arrested by Iranian Security Forces
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2022/10/09/iranian-bitcoin-advocate-ziya-sadr-arrested-by-iranian-security-forces [Archive]