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Hollywood Delegation Visits Iran, Iran Demands Apology for Three Decades of Insults; From the MEMRI TV Archives: Iran TV on Hollywood and the American Film Industry
Left: Annette Bening, left, and Alfre Woodard, right, with Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria (Press TV)March 2, 2009
Last week, nine members of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences arrived for a visit in Iran, with the aim of meeting with Iranian filmmakers. The group, which included Sid Ganis, Annette Bening, William Horberg, Frank Pierson, Alfre Woodard, Ellen Harrington, James Longley, Tom Pollock, and Phil Robinson, met in Tehran with Iranian filmmakers for seminars on directing, screenwriting, and acting.
In response to the visit, Javad Shamaghdari, art advisor to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, called on senior Iranian filmmakers not to meet with the Hollywood visitors, until they apologized for insulting the Iranian people and the Islamic Revolution and for issuing lies in films such as "300," "Not Without My Daughter," and, recently, "The Wrestler."
An article published today in the Iranian daily Kayhan, which is close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, stated that the American film delegation's visit was part of a plot to topple the Iranian regime by means of a velvet revolution (Click here for full report).
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Sources: Press TV, Fars, Tehran Times, Kayhan, Iran, March 2, 2009; Entekhab, Iran, March 1, 2009
Posted at: 2009-03-02
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