On 28 August, Yarrahi was arrested for releasing his latest work, which commemorated the anniversary of last year's anti-establishment protests that rocked the country following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini.
A border wall Iran constructed 20 years ago close to its border with Afghanistan sparked deadly border clashes between the two neighbours as the Taliban 'claimed' Iran's territory.
Through alternative clothing and symbolic acts, Iranian used the Muharram mourning ritual to express their opposition to the establishment and commemorate the protestors killed last year.
Iranian officials introduced a new initiative offering free land on the disputed Abu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf to encourage construction and increase the island's population.
An Iranian journalist warned that the government's intensified crackdown on activists was aimed at suppressing any potential resurgence of protests as the anniversary of the 2022 anti-establishment nationwide demonstrations approaches.