Ghaffarian started his art career in 1999, in Saba Art Center. He did not return to Iran and went to France as a refugee where he started the dance company "Reformances". He met and collaborated with
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam in France. During 2010–2011, he attended
Centre National de la Danse. In 2014, Afshin renounced his refugee status in France and he decided to go to Iran, a travel which put an end to his five years of exile, but he is still living in Paris. He is currently studying political science at the Sorbonne in Paris. == Books, article and interviews==