Naser Navard Gol-Tapeh was arrested on June 24, 2016 when 30 intelligence agents raided an engagement party at a house in the Andisheh township of Karaj, near Tehran.
Most of the Christians were released after questioning, but Naser and the Azeris were transferred to Evin prison - some sources suggest that Naser was not released because he was older than the other Christians present and was perceived as the leader.
On May 23, 2017, Judge Ahmadzadeh sentenced Naser to ten years in prison,.
In 2020 he wrote a letter in which he requested prayer that his family would come to follow Jesus and for the spread of the gospel in Iran.