Neyssari was arrested for unspecified activities that aroused suspicion in the IRGC. They have not released the charges made against Neyssari to the public, but there are many theories. Some have speculated the reason for her arrest being her frequent international traveling to collect art. It is speculated that she was only suspected due to being of the Zoroastrian faith; people of this monotheistic, pre-Islam faith have been highly persecuted since the 1979 revolution in Iran.