Director Oliver Stone reportedly in Iran for movie festival

By iNFOTEL
April 23 2018 09:26 AM

CP849170643 — FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2017 file photo, American screenwriter, film director, and producer, Oliver Stone, walks on the red carpet to receive the Sarajevo Film Festival\'s top honor, the Heart of Sarajevo Award, in Sarajevo. Iranian media are saying director Oliver Stone has arrived Tehran to attend an international film festival. The Monday, April 22, 2018 report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency says Stone briefly visited historical city of Isfahan a day earlier. Stone will host a workshop for filmmakers during the festival. He will have a news conference later on Wednesday. This is the first visit by Stone to Iran.(AP Photo/Amel Emric, File)

TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian media say American movie director Oliver Stone is in Tehran to attend an international film festival.

Monday’s report by the semi-official Tasnim news agency says Stone briefly visited the historical city of Isfahan the previous day.

According to the report, Stone will host a workshop for filmmakers during the Fajr Film Festival and hold a news conference Wednesday. French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud and Italian producer Giovanni Spagnoletti are also attending.

This is the Hollywood director’s first visit to Iran.

In 2007, Iran’s then-President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejected a proposal by Stone to make a film about him. Ahmadinejad said at the time that Stone is part the “Great Satan” cultural establishment, a reference to the United States.

In 2012, Stone’s son Sean Stone visited Iran and converted to Shiite Islam.

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