The director made several features and short films, including Crevice, Hole and Oath to Yashar, which tells the story of a young man who moves to London and misses his parents back home. Colleagues in the film industry reacted to the news with shock. Parviz Jahed, a filmmaker and critic, wrote on Instagram: “Babak was a filmmaker, and a few years ago I often met him in London’s cultural and artistic circles. I heard that he missed his family and had returned to Iran, and now I saw this horrible news, and I cannot believe it. What a dreadful time.”
