 In 2002 about 3 million Afghan Refugee were living in Iran. From  those about 700,000 were Afghan Children who were not allowed to go  to Iranian schools because of their illegal status in Iran. After  this movie was made, this subject became controversial and finally  the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) passed a bill in which the Afghani  children were allowed to go to school and it resulted in 500,000  kids getting education.