There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan.
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But yes, of course, in many other films, there's a part of me that does appear, for example, in Close Up, and A Moment Of Innocence.
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A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together.
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I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice, but instead of using weapons, I began to use art and cinema.
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