 He belongs to the Saqqakhana group of artists who, according to the scholar Karim Emami, share a common popular aesthetic.He has been influenced heavily by his country's history and culture and traditions (he was once cultural advisor to the Queen of Iran), and has always been fascinated with locksmithing.In 2005, he created a small piece of sculpture called "Heech in a Cage" to protest the conditions of the American-held prisoners at Guantanamo Bay detainment camp and in 2006 began work on his piece to honour the victims of the Israeli-Lebanon war.