This movie was filmed mostly the Iranian desert. Secretly, this movie was also filmed in desert Afganistan, without the Taliban's permission.
The background score repeatedly used is in Sanskrit. It is a Hindu devotional hymn called "Suprabhata".
Tabib Sahid is played by Hassan Tantai AKA David Belfield and is under indictment in the United States for the murder of Iranian Diplomat Ali Akbar Tabatabai in 1980.