Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as 바카라a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.바카라
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had praised 바카라It Was Just an Accident바카라 after it won the prestigious Palme d바카라Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Iranian film centers on a man who abducts his suspected captor after being tortured in prison.
Iran has summoned France's representative in protest after the French foreign minister praised a prize-winning Iranian film as 바카라a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime's oppression.바카라
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot had praised 바카라It Was Just an Accident바카라 after it won the prestigious Palme d바카라Or award at the Cannes Film Festival. The Iranian film centers on a man who abducts his suspected captor after being tortured in prison.
Iran바카라s Foreign Ministry said the French charge d바카라affaires was summoned over the minister바카라s 바카라interventionist, irresponsible and instigative allegations,바카라 the state-run IRNA news agency reported.
바카라Spare us Iranians the lectures. You have no moral authority whatsoever,바카라 Iran바카라s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on 바카라X,바카라 citing France's approach to Israel's ongoing war in Gaza. France last week threatened 바카라concrete action바카라 against Israel if the country didn't halt the offensive in Gaza and lift restrictions on humanitarian aid, but the statement was mostly dismissed as empty threats.
Immediately following the award's announcement, the Iranian state news agency had announced a more muted celebration of the award, crediting the country바카라s film industry for winning a second Palme d바카라Or after Abbas Kiarostami바카라s 1997 drama, 바카라Taste of Cherry."
In Iran, film productions need to receive script approval from the government to shoot in public. Dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi refuses to do that, knowing they won바카라t allow him to make the films he wants to, and 바카라It Was Just an Accident바카라 was filmed without cooperation. Iranian state TV called the film a mixture of 바카라lie and smearing바카라 as well as an 바카라underground바카라 film produced without required permits in Iran. State TV also chastised Panahi for not mentioning the plight of the Palestinians in his acceptance speech.
The film follows a man named Vahid, played by Vahid Mobasser, who believes he sees his former captor, who tortured him in prison and ruined his life. He abducts him, takes him to the desert and begins to bury him in the ground.
But to satisfy pangs of doubt, Vahid decides to confirm his suspicion by bringing the man, locked in his van, to other former prisoners for identification. In a strange and emotional journey, they are all forced to grapple with revenge and forgiveness. Panahi drew on the experiences from his own imprisonment as well as the stories of detainees around him.
Other state media were more critical of the win. The Mizan news agency, an arm of the country바카라s judiciary, reported on the win as part of the 바카라Political Cannes Film Festival,바카라 suggesting that the prize was given to Panahi because of his political leanings.
Pro-reform media outlets and activists praised Panahi. 바카라This victory is no accident 바카라 it is the result of a tireless dedication to exploring humanistic values and human rights,바카라 said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, who was also previously imprisoned at Tehran바카라s notorious Evin Prison. Inmates at the prison include those with Western ties and political prisoners.
Panahi, one of the leading international directors, was banned from traveling out of Iran in 2009 for attending the funeral of a student killed in anti-government protests, a judgment later extended to two decades. But even when placed under house arrest, Panahi kept making movies, many of which are among the most lauded of the century. He made 2011바카라s 바카라This Is Not a Film바카라 on an iPhone in his living room. 바카라Taxi바카라 (2015) was clandestinely shot almost entirely within a car.
Panahi was arrested in 2022 when he went to the Tehran prosecutor바카라s office to inquire about the arrests of two other Iranian filmmakers. A judge later ruled that he must serve six years for an earlier sentence on charges of propagandizing against the government from 2011 that had never been enforced. In early 2023, Panahi went on a hunger strike and was released from Evin Prison.
Panahi said he would not seek asylum in another country, despite the risks of additional imprisonment.
바카라It바카라s simple. I바카라m unable to live here,바카라 he said last week from the Cannes festival. 바카라I have no ability to adapt to a new country, a new culture. Some people have this ability, this strength. I don바카라t.바카라
On Monday, Panahi landed in Tehran to cheers and applause from fans.