Dr. Afsaneh Sadat Modabber was arrested at her workplace on Tuesday, December 20, 2022. Three male and one female agent entered her workplace, a drug addiction clinic, with fake documents. The agents introduced themselves as representatives from the anti-narcotics headquarters. After they arrested her, they took CCTV footage of the clinic with them. She has not had any contact with her family since her arrest. She warned at the outset of the coronavirus pandemic over the virus outbreak in Iranian prisons.