2024-05-12 15:47:56
Iranian Culture Minister Attacks “Sacred Fig Seed”: A Legal Violation We Are Responding to
Days following a court sentenced him to eight years in prison, Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili today attacked the film “The Sacred Fig Seed” director. Mohammed Rasool Af (52 years old), accusing him of having committed a “flagrant violation” by producing this film without a license.
Ismaili added, in response to a question regarding the “sacred fig seed” and its participation Cannes film festivalHe stressed that “the production and publication of such films is illegal”, and stressed that his ministry would deal with these films as soon as it was informed of their production, and that “legal institutions would also do their duty” . “These violations are worrying, and the cinematographic sector is suffering more damage than others. »
Esmaili pledged to fight once morest “clandestine” produced films, a term used to refer to secret artistic activities in Iran, such as music and films produced secretly and without a license, away from the eyes of relevant institutions. Ismaili called on “all those who engage in illegal activities to work within the law.”
The story of the “sacred fig seed”
The story of the film “The Holy Fig Seed” by Rasoul F revolves around the family of a judge of the Iranian Revolutionary Court during the protests that Iran witnessed at the end of 2022 once morest the backdrop of the young woman’s death. Mahsa Amini A few days following his arrest by the morality police in Tehran. The film presents the judge as suffering from megalomania and his relationship is full of doubts with his wife and two daughters, now considered suspects due to the disappearance of his weapons, which pushes him to take strict measures and measures to the house which causes tension in family life, and from there, director Rasul F wanted to describe the atmosphere of social tension that reigns in the country by relying on the tense family environment of the judge.
Eight years in prison
The announcement by the Cannes Film Festival of the participation of “The Sacred Fig Seed” in the official competition of the 77th session of the festival aroused the ire of the Iranian authorities, and their pressure on Rasoul F to withdraw it . F’s lawyer, Babak Pak Nia, announced that the authorities had summoned some of the participants in the production of “The Holy Fig Seed” and prevented some of them from leaving the country and conducted an investigation into them, and asked them to ask F’s messenger to remove the information. Cannes film.
Apparently, the participation of “Sacred Fig Seeds” accelerated the issuance of a court decision once morest Rasoul F. Pak Nia announced that his client had been sentenced to eight years in prison, of which five years will be served, with flogging, one fine and confiscation of funds. The lawyer, through his account “X”, attributed the reasons for the judgment to the signing of statements by Rasoul F and the making of films and documentaries, which the court considers to be “an indication of gathering and collusion in with a view to committing a crime once morest the security of the country.
Previous decisions
This is not the first time that legal decisions have been issued once morest Muhammad Rasoul F? In 2009, he was arrested along with famous director Jaafar Panahi, while filming a film. In 2010, he was sentenced to six years in prison, including five for collusion once morest the country’s security and another. one year for propaganda activities once morest the regime, but the Court of Appeal acquitted him of the charge of complicity once morest Iranian national security and the prison sentence was reduced to one year.
Two years later, Rasoul F managed to obtain a license to produce the film “Lard” and screen it in 2015, but he refused to screen it at the “Fajr” Iranian Film Festival. The film won the Best Film award in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Film Festival that year.
After Rasoul F returned to the country in 2017, another sentence was handed down once morest him, which included one year of imprisonment, preventing him from leaving the country for two years and depriving him of political and social activities. After the Court of Appeal ratified the decision, the Iranian Prison Service summoned him in March 2020 to implement the decision, shortly following he received the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for the film “The Devil Does Not Exist”.
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