Iranian filmmakers hit out at Ahmadinejad
AFP
24-Sep-2009

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) – Several Iranian filmmakers Thursday used the San Sebastian film festival to condemn the Tehran regime and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's speech at the UN General Assembly.Protesters, including members of the festival jury, gathered inside the festival building behind a huge banner that read: "We do not want a nuclear bomb, we want peace and democracy" in Iran. All wore green scarves, the colour of the opposition candidate in the June 12 elections, Mir Hossein Moussavi."Freedom in Iran! Peace in the world!" shouted Hana Makhamalbaf, an Iranian filmmaker and an organiser of the protest, prior to the showing of her film "Green Days."Makhamalbaf, 21, is the daughter of director Mohsen Makhmalbaf, who is close to Moussavi.

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