Majid Majidi at Busan Festival: Iran Has Been Under Harsh Sanctions for 48 Years; Because We Did Not Surrender, They Resorted to Brutal Attacks / Video

A prominent Iranian filmmaker, after receiving the Best Film award at the Busan International Film Festival, referred in his speech to nearly half a century of cruel economic and medical sanctions against the Iranian nation, stressing that the people's resilience led enemies to resort to brutal attacks.

After receiving the best film award at the Busan International Film Festival, a well-known Iranian cinema director emphasized in his speech, referring to nearly half a century of oppressive economic and pharmaceutical sanctions against the Iranian nation, that the people's resistance made the enemies resort to brutal attacks.

After winning the best film award at the Busan Film Festival, Majid Majidi, the prominent cinematographer of our country, delivered an important speech at the closing ceremony of this film event.

Referring to the country's historical and political conditions, he said: "For 48 years, the people of Iran have been under the most severe economic and pharmaceutical sanctions, but we did not give up."

This well-known cinema director further pointed to the change in the approach of foreign pressures against our country and added: "When they saw that the Iranian nation would not surrender, they subjected us to the most brutal attacks."