It mentions he was involved with a game - but no one has actually said the role was as a programmer. Given his military background it might have been as, say, a consultant etc. (not to break balls or anything - just pointing it out :)).
Is this the same guy that was going to be executed for writing an image uploader last month? If not, what came of that case? Did they end up going through with the execution?
I'm surprised that people who leave Iran go back to visit, even for family. It just doesn't seem safe. Then again, I am writing this from an incredibly outside perspective informed only by horror stories of people getting arrested.