“The Iranian Green Movement does not want a nuclear bomb”
Noted Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, whom FP interviewed at the height of the unrest after the Iranian presidential election in June, has issued the following statement: Citizens of the World As someone who is in contact with prominent members of the Green Movement in Iran, and as someone who is intimately informed of their points ...
Noted Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, whom FP interviewed at the height of the unrest after the Iranian presidential election in June, has issued the following statement:
Citizens of the World
As someone who is in contact with prominent members of the Green Movement in Iran, and as someone who is intimately informed of their points of view, I declare to the world, particularly to the people and government of America, that the Iranian Green Movement does not want a nuclear bomb, but instead desires peace for the world and democracy for Iran. The Green Movement in Iran furthermore understands the world’s concerns and in fact has similar concerns itself.
I have been also entrusted with the responsibility of informing the world that any accord or agreement signed with the current coup-empowered illegitimate government of Iran is considered bereft of legitimacy by the Green Movement, which enjoys the support of a majority of the Iranian people; all such agreements will be subject to review in future.
Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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Blake Hounshell is a former managing editor of Foreign Policy.
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