Back in 2016, Gharib said he wanted to Aaid the fight against Isis and join the Iranian Armed Forces to fight the Islamic State in the Syrian Civil War. In an impassioned video, he said: "First of all, I want to say that I'm a defender of my country. "General Soleimani, all the martyrs and the selfless people who give their lives for our country are my heroes, and we have them to thank for the peace in our country.