Iran president has "no objection" to Stone film

Tue Aug 28, 2007 10:00pm BST
 
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday he had no objection in principle if Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone wanted to make a film about him.

Western media reports have said the U.S. director, who has made films about former U.S. presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, wants to produce a film about Ahmadinejad, a virulent critic of U.S. policy in the Middle East.

Asked how he would respond to a request, Ahmadinejad told a news conference:

"I have no objection, generally speaking, but they have to let me know what are the frameworks. They should talk to my colleagues ... Principally speaking, I have no objection."

Stone has made movies voicing the frustration of the Vietnam War generation and in May revealed a political advertisement calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, a demand Ahmadinejad regularly makes.

Ahmadinejad, the son of a blacksmith, rose through the ranks of Iran's ideologically driven Revolutionary Guards, became mayor of Tehran and swept to the presidency in 2005 pledging to share out Iran's oil wealth more fairly.

 
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