He receives money from Murray Rothstein, his boss at Comedy Central. The movie is produced and distributed by a Zionist distribution company. Maziar's story is completely fictitious and he hangs out often with Nazila Fathi, Karim Sadjadpour, and Trita Parsi, who are all shills of the establishment. The last one gets funds from the NED, as proven in his court case against Hassan Dai, which is a CIA front. Just look it up, type "NED CIA" into your google.

It's not much that you are a Spy ... you lack the minimum IQ for that job ...  

CLUELESS JON STEWART: "Ebrahim Yazdi Such a Lovely Man"
 

Can't vouch the same for your protagonist "hero" though ...

   

Taghseereh Engelees ;0) = Maziar Bahari and former UK Foreign Minister ( still in office at the time) @ "Human Rights" Conference at Commonwealth Office 

By the way were you troubled by or took the time to criticize the Jordanian SAVAK while shooting your film in that "Absolute" Monarchy ? 
 

King Abdullah II of Jordan Pt. 1 - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
 

Jon Stewart in Amman, Jordan while directing his new film Rosewater. 10 August 2013.