Iran Set To Screen Sequel To Anti-Sadat Film 'Assassination Of A Pharaoh'

According to an announcement by a senior official of the student Basij at Tehran University, the Iranian film "34 Bullets For a Pharaoh" – the sequel to the anti-Sadat film "Assassination of a Pharaoh" – was to have been screened yesterday at a university ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of the "traitor" late Egyptian president Anwar Al-Sadat.

The official added that following the film, speeches would be delivered by World Islamic Organization Headquarters for Remembering the Shahids secretary-general Firooz Rajai-Far, one of the film's producers, and Hizbullah's representative in Iran Abdallah Safialdeen.

The Iranian daily Etemad-e Mali noted that the decision to produce the sequel was made despite the anticipated impact on Iran-Egypt relations (see http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/8440.htm).

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said that these relations were at the beginning of the normalization process.

Sources: IRNA, Iran, October 6, 2008; Etemad-e Mali, Iran, October 5, 2008; Fars, Iran, October 4, 2008

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