My story began with Throne of Blood i painted it during the "bloody november" in 2019 during that month nation wide protests were happening in Iran, islamic republic regime shut down the internet of the whole country and started killing people on streets, it is estimated that about 3 thousand people were killed during that month.

Killing of the Sacred Deer was inspired by the false trial of Navid Afkari, one of the protestors who was arrested during those series of protests in iran who then was sentenced to death and was wrongfully executed by hanging.