Chapter 728: Why Do You Have This Right?
For Iran, there is a special holiday in August every year, which is the "International Jerusalem Day" established by Ayatollah Khomeini, which completely brings Iran into the religion, calling on Muslims to march on the last Friday of Ramadan every year in solidarity with the struggle of the Palestinians, and Iran holds large-scale rallies on this day every year.
This year was no exception, with tens of thousands of Iranians marching through the streets of Tehran on International Jerusalem Day, burning satellite and Israeli flags while shouting "Death to America!" Death to Israel! and other slogans.
As the representative of theocracy in the secular world, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also made a speech against the West, and "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta", which has just been released in the Middle East, has naturally become one of the targets.
"This film does not conform to historical facts, demonizing Iran's ancestors, the Persians, portraying Iran's ancestors as a brutal and unkind people, and "Spartan Three Hundred Warriors" is equivalent to declaring war on Iran!"
This was Ahmadinejad's speech, which was broadcast on Al Jazeera, who also announced a ban on the broadcast of "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" in the country and called on other Islamic countries to ban it.
As if the energy that had been building up for years exploded at the same time, Iranian media, officials, and bloggers denounced "Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" as an overly negative portrayal of the Persian king Xerxes I and the Persian soldiers—a film that seems to remind people that Iran has been the source of evil since ancient times, and that the ancestors of modern Iranians are ugly barbarians who murdered others.
Iranian officials directly declared that this is another "culture war" launched by Hollywood against Iran after "Argo".
They seem to have learned the lesson of the defeat in the last public opinion war, and regardless of the voices of the people, the government no longer lightly fires the 'map cannon', but clings to the topic of 'cultural aggression'.
"Cultural invasion is a common tactic of the enemy, and Iran will not accept and will not be afraid of such slander and insults."
What is the true face of Hollywood. In fact, over the years, most countries and regions have understood that those profit-seeking producers have smeared a country for the sake of profit, which has happened more than once.
While the North American media continue to caricature Iran – petty and brutal dictator like the Persians in the film – many media outlets in the Middle East have taken a sympathetic attitude toward Iran for the time being.
"At a time when the United States and Iran are at loggerheads over the nuclear issue, and Western countries are seeking tougher sanctions from the United Nations against Iran, Hollywood is launching the film at this sensitive time. It is clearly a cultural and psychological tactic to insult Iran's ancient culture to stimulate modern people to be hostile to Iran. ”
This is the opinion of many Middle Eastern media, Ryan saw it, and did not take it to heart at all, Hollywood has always put business first, major film companies are marketing masters, and creating controversy is an effective means to gain popularity.
"The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" is played by second-tier actors and second-tier directors, and there are no superstars in the film. The fierce reaction from Iran has made the film an international news spot, and in addition to the already hot North American market, overseas box office figures have also risen.
In just 20 days, "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" grossed more than $200 million at the North American box office. The global box office easily crossed the $350 million mark amid protests from Iranians.
Perhaps because of the fiasco in the public opinion war about "Argo", the Iranian government has obviously restrained a lot, and has always talked about movies and culture. Light yì does not turn on the group mocking mode......
The media in North America jumped up and down at the beginning, ready to make another big move, but unfortunately the opponent never made a force. However, in just a few days, the attention has plummeted.
However, the media of another country, which had been overlooked, suddenly spoke out at this time, breaking the somewhat deserted public opinion scene.
The International Jerusalem Day, which is called in support of Palestine, is in fact anti-Israel, and the burning of the satellite and the Israeli flag at public gatherings would be strange if Israel did not react.
In addition to the routine protests, Israel's Haaretz newspaper also brought out "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" to tell the story.
"The reaction of the Iranians to "The Three Hundred Warriors of Sparta" is really funny, to be precise, it is the Islamists who have ruined Persia and the Persian civilization represented by Zorosadianism, and Hollywood has made a film about this barbaric civilization that no longer exists, and it is the turn of this group of real enemies and enemies of Persian civilization to maintain the dignity of the 'Persians'?"
"The modern so-called Persians have lost all their ancient culture, including the written word, and have embraced Islam in its entirety. And from the ruling nation to the slaves of the Arabs, Mongols, Turks and Azerbaijanis. Modern Persian Iran is completely out of touch with ancient history, and unlike us, they are a people without history! ”
"Iran, the outlier of the Middle East, is, in some ways, a low-level version of the failure of its own civilization, who has lost its history, its writings and its religion, and has become a subculture ...... that has been conquered by other cultures."
Ridiculed by Hollywood and the North American media, Iran could endure it, but ridiculed by Israel, which it said it must eliminate, almost immediately fell into a state of rampage.
The day after Haaretz's remarks, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a fiery speech.
"Israel's 'Zionist regime and Zionists' is a cancer, and this cancer will soon be removed!"
"A new Middle East is about to be built, and because of God's protection and the help of the people, there will be no more Americans and Zionists in the new Middle East. The existence of the Zionist regime is a great disgrace to all of humanity. In fact, to attack the Zionist regime is to protect the rights and dignity of all mankind! ”
At the same time, Ahmadinejad ordered the closure of world-renowned websites, including the New York Times, Amazon.com, Google Search, YouTube, etc., and banned all radio and television stations in the country from broadcasting Western music and foreign films, especially those that contradict Iran's Muslim culture.
Of course, these websites and cultural products have not previously been able to enter Iran through official channels.
The Iranian government's attitude towards Israel and Western culture has finally set off a chain reaction.
The first to jump out must be the federal government, and the White House spokesman harshly condemned Ahmadinejad, saying that if the Iranian government is truly concerned about protecting the rights and dignity of all mankind, then the Iranian government should stop nuclear testing, emancipate women and eliminate extremist religion, which is truly a contribution to all mankind.
On the same day, a spokesman for the United Nations Security Council issued a statement saying that the Security Council strongly displeased Ahmadinejad's statement and that he believed that leaders in the Middle East should use their influence to "de-escalate, rather than exacerbate, tensions in the region."
Even France and Russia, which have traditionally been lenient on Iran, changed their faces abruptly, calling Ahmadinejad's speech "outrageously crude and intolerable."
Finally, a controversy over culture has once again become the focus of social politics.
It was at this time that Ryan received an invitation from the National Jewish Association to attend an informal reception in Burbank, the media capital of the world.
Subsequently, many media in North America began a new round of smear actions against Iran, and Walt Disney's major media, including children's channels, once again launched a propaganda offensive to smear teenagers.
For Ryan, Iranians are neither compatriots in the past life nor antagonists in this life, and he doesn't care if they have a good or bad reputation.
ABC television soon aired a tape of Ahmadinejad in which he and the Iranian government he represented denying the Holocaust.
In a televised address to Iran in December 2005, Ahmadinejad called the Holocaust a myth that people had fabricated. A year later, he also held a two-day Holocaust denial conference! ”
After the video was broadcast, ABC TV also quoted the comments of several well-known social commentators - Ahmadinejad and the Iranian government's statements only deceive the ignorant and illiterate, which in Western civilization would make them look ridiculous, the fact that the Jewish Holocaust is the most well-documented event in human history!
The program also declared that the Iranian government's treatment of Jews was either a shameless provocation or a shocking ignorance, and that they should immediately stop this behavior that has angered the world.
Similar arguments appeared on NBC's television program, even accusing Ahmadinejad's Iranian government of being a religious puppet.
"Ahmadinejad, a unique state with a dual regime of theocracy and regime, is not really the head of state, but Khamenei and the Great Ayatollahs around him are the real masters of Iran. The main axis of Iran's domestic and foreign affairs today is not so much Ahmadinejad's assertion as it is the position of the Great Ayatollahs, who have no worldly experience, and these uninformed and isolated people are leading Iran into the abyss of extremism......"
When tensions erupted in the Persian Gulf and the Security Council warned Iran to abandon nuclear testing as soon as possible, Ahmadinejad's answer was – why do you have this right and we don't?
This is nothing short of a blatant provocation to the authority of the five rogue states, and the United Nations has passed a new round of sanctions against Iran almost as quickly as possible, and the federal government has even attached additional unilateral sanctions......
Subsequently, the head of the White House, who specializes in Hollywood affairs, approached several major production companies and urged Hollywood to make more films about Iran, and the federal government would pay for some of the costs. (To be continued......)