TEHRAN, Iran,
December 9 , -- Kurdish Iranian filmmaker Bahman
Ghobadi has canceled his trip to the UK in protest
against the new policy of the British Embassy in
Tehran which requires Iranians seeking visas to be
fingerprinted, MijFilm, the production company of
Ghobadi's latest film "Half Moon", announced in a
press release on Friday, Dec.9
"The new measures of the British Embassy smell
fanatical and antidemocratic," Ghobadi said in the
press release.
"I have traveled to England perhaps 50 times or
more… it is ridiculous that I should be
fingerprinted by aliens in the heart of my own
country for a trip to another country," he added.
He had planned to be in London on December 8 to
attend the opening ceremony of the 4th London
Kurdish Film Festival, which is scheduled to screen
Ghobadi's "Half Moon". |
Kurdish Director Bahman Ghubadi
Photo : Internet |
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