Jiyar started his acting career by playing the lead role in the movie "The Ball" directed by Yadollah Noasri in 1989. In this film, he played the role of a teenage boy named "Akbar" who is fond of football and one day on his way home from school a ball falls in front of him from the second floor of a building. The ball belongs to another teenage boy who accidentally throws the ball outside the window. He calls out to Akbar, but Akbar picks the ball and runs away. Acting in this movie helped Jiyar and the viewers be aware of his acting talent.