Be the “Voice” of Iranian People, Urges Director Babak Anvari in Open Letter to Entertainment Industry as Protests Continue to Grip Country

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With an authoritarian crackdown killing hundreds and restricting what news can leave Iran, the BAFTA-winning filmmaker is asking colleagues in the film and TV world to 'amplify the voice' of the protestors and 'give hope to the youth of Iran that the world is listening to their chants for freedom.'

, the award-winning filmmaker — who won a BAFTA for his debut featureCloverfield

installment for Paramount — urges his colleagues in film and TV to help be the voice of the Iranian people as the government attempts to restrict what information gets out of the country. As he says: “Amplify their voice, spread the word, keep the discussion going. Support the movement.”I think by now most of you must have at least heard about the situation in Iran, my motherland, and, of course, the name Mahsa Amini.

In response, the Iranian authorities have restricted access to the internet so that the news cannot leave the country and have started a brutal crackdown of the protests. The people of Iran are continuously asking the

 

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But they have their precious JCPOA to think about, not the 185 innocent protestors this savage murderous terrorist regime has killed in the past month

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