Dadkah was involved in some other high-profile cases. In 2007, he represented three university students students [JURIST report] who were ultimately sentenced to two to three years in prison for insulting Islam and Islamic clerics. Iran continues to silence opposition leaders and dissidents. Earlier this year, Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi [NYT profile; JURIST news archive] was placed under house arrest after security forces took control of the area outside of Karroubi's residence and barred all family members, except his wife, from entering. In January, Iranian chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi delivered a speech at Tehran University indicating that he would prosecute opposition leaders for political unrest that took place after the country's 2009 presidential election. Dolatabadi threatened to prosecute [NYT report] Mousavi and Karroubi and former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami [BBC profile]. Mousavi and the other leaders called for continuing protests [JURIST report] to oppose the results of the 2009 presidential election, arguing that it was fraudulent. The three leaders would join a long line of individuals detained or already prosecuted for their roles during the election protests.