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Last week, nine members of the AmericanAcademy 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.Â

Left: Annette Bening, left, and Alfre Woodard, right, with Iranian actress Fatemeh Motamed-Aria (Press TV)Â March 2, 2009
Right: IranianScreenwritersCenter director Farhad Tohidi (right) and American screenwriters Frank Pierson (center) and Phil Robinson attend a session at the Iranian House of Cinema in Tehran on February 28, 2009 ( Tehran Times)
In Response to Visit, Iran Calls for Apology from Hollywood for Three Decades of Insult to Iran
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 group, 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.” He said, “Cinema officials will only have the right to have official sessions with… Hollywood movie makers when [the latter] apologize to the Iranians for their 30 years of insults and slanders.” He added that Iran would believe U.S. President Barack Obama’s promise of change if it was expressed in an official apology from Hollywood.Â
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