In return, students were required to work for the government after their graduation for a period of five years as a camera-person, sound recordist, etc., usually at NIRT in Capital or its branches in the other cities. Following the Islamic revolution of 1979 and the establishment of the Islamic Republic, many predicted that new restrictions would kill off Homeland’s cinema. But Persian film industry has survived, undergoing remarkable transformations in parallel with the wider changes in Iranian culture and society.