Biography
The screenwriter and director was born in Kermanshah, Iran in 1980. He worked as an assistant sound recordist, researcher and screenwriter as well as a journalist for international media outlets including "The Guardian" before making his own films as a director. In 2016, he published his first book. His poetry has never been permitted to be published in Iran. He appeared as an actor and was also an assistant on Mohammad Rasoulof's "There Is No Evil".
Source: 71. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)