CANNES: Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi condemned Friday both the killing of civilians in US and Israeli attacks on his country and the “massacring” of protesters by the Islamic republic.
Farhadi, who traveled from Tehran last week, trod a fine line when asked for his thoughts about events in his war-hit homeland at the Cannes Film Festival, where his latest film, the French-language “Parallel Tales,” received its premiere.
Speaking of two “tragic events” this year, Farhadi referred to “the death of many innocent people, children, civilians who were killed during the war, during the attack that Iran has suffered.
“And before this war, there was the death of many demonstrators, people who had taken to the streets to protest, who were just as innocent, and who were massacred,” he added.
“Every murder is a crime. From no point of view, or with any justification, can I accept life being taken away from someone, whether it’s a war, an execution, or massacring protesters.”
