He later teamed up with his schoolmates Ranidu Lankage and Yauwana Wigneswaran to form a band titled Zealots while still studying at the Royal College, Colombo.
[4][citation needed] In August 2020, he was appointed as the board member of National Youth Service Council by Namal Rajapaksa and he was supposed to serve in the relevant position for a period of three years.
[6][7] During several election periods in Sri Lanka, Iraj engaged in activism on social media platforms in support of the Rajapaksa family.
[15] Critics highlighted his social media posts condemning the protestors and saw his work in countering their efforts to breed discontent among activists and citizens.
[16][17] It was fed by numerous incidents, including last May when a group of protestors stoned his family home, a moment of escalating tensions between the government and citizens during Sri Lankan economic crisis.