Mohammad Reza Aali Payam was arrested by the security police on August 27, 2011, and on September 8, 2011, after he was charged by the prosecutor of the third branch of Evin’s Martyr Moghaddis Prosecutor’s Office with the charge of propagating against the system and disturbing the public mind, he was sentenced to solitary confinement under Section 350.
One of his movies is called “Ghazian Afghan” which was aired in national television. During then production of this movie, he spent 2 years in Afghanistan (1980-1982) and lived 7 months in Panjshir Valley with “Ahmad Shah Masoud”.MohammadReza Alee Payam also served as producer in: “Bicycleran (Cyclist)” directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf, “Parvaz Az Ordugah”, “Delam Baraye Pesaram Tang Shode”, “Raze Khanjar”, “Khaste Nabashid”, and “Mushu”.
