He is currently working as a journalist for the Tadbir news site.

Security forces arrested Mohammad Reza Nourbakhsh on August 4th 2009, at the Farhikhtegan newspaper headquarters where he was editor-in-chief at the time. The police searched the premises and confiscated some of his belongings. Security forces also searched his home prior to the arrest. Nourbakhsh spent 210 days in detention - 54 of which were in solitary confinement. He was tried at Branch 15 of the Revolutionary Court presided by Judge Salavati who sentenced him to six years in prison. However after he successfully appealed the verdict, Judge Zargar reduced his sentence to three years. Two years of this sentence were for having participated in a protest rally during the aftermath of the disputed 2009 presidential elections.

His sentence began on January 12th 2010, but he was released on furlough and bail on March 2nd of that year. His furlough was renewed every week until his prison term was over.

Mohammad Reza Nourbakhsh has since resumed his journalistic activities and is currently the managing editor of the Tadbir news site.