 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Munguva uye pashure peRevolution yeIran, mapoka ezvematongerwe enyika kumativi ose akaedza kutaura basa rake semumiriri wezvavanoda, asi akaramba akazvimiririra uye akabvisa mitambo yake kubva mukugadzirwa apo kuvimbika kwavo kwakanga kwakatyisidzirwa. Sezvo kurwisana nehurumende yeIslam kwakakura, kurekodha nziyo dzemitambo yake kwakaridzwa pamatenga eTehran, kuchiratidza Mofid nevapikisi. Somugumisiro, akagara pasi pevhu kwemwedzi inoverengeka uye pakupedzisira akatizira kuUnited States. Kubva muna 1982 kusvika parufu rwake rwekukurumidza muna 1984, Bijan akatungamira zvigadzirwa zvakati wandei muLos Angeles, San Francisco neNew York pamwe nekugadzirwa kwekutanga kwebasa rake mushanduro, Dragonfly. Akashandisa mikana iyi kunyorazve mamwe emabasa ake akanga atambura zvakanyanya kubva pakudzvinyirirwa muIran. 