When the director became the voice of children in the world

Majid Majidi's speech at the Busan festival and his reference to the children of Minab and Iran's sanctions were accompanied by the reaction of users in the virtual space.

Ambassador Arjan - Mehr Magazine: Hoshang Golshiri invites Simin Daneshvar to participate in the evening of Iranian literature at the German embassy. Daneshvar asks him: What issues are you going to bring up in this ceremony, apart from poetry and stories? Golshiri answers: We also want to raise objections to censorship in Iran. But Simin Daneshvar answers: I don't wash my dirty clothes in the neighbor's yard and I don't come to this program.

This memory of Simin Daneshvar is exactly the narrator of the situation of people of culture and art in foreign festivals these days; Do the figures of this arena, according to Simin Daneshvar, have a tendency to wash their dirty clothes in the yard of the neighbor's house or not? When they stand on the platform, where do they like to put their camera to show Iran to foreigners? Do they want to present an image of an oppressed and weak nation, or to portray noble people who stand wounded but proud for independence and freedom, against external hardships and oppression, and become an inspiration to resistant people around the world and teach them courage and bravery?

It was just a few weeks ago that Laleh Marzban's appearance at the Venice festival, with her strange hatred and her talk about the suffering of women inside the country and her silence against the war against Iran and the killing of Iranian children, was accompanied by many reactions and criticisms. But not long after this incident, this time Majid Majidi, a famous and international Iranian director, after receiving an award at the Busan Foreign Festival, when he stood on the platform, asked to put his camera in a different place. Instead of presenting the image of a victimized and weak nation, he became the narrator of the oppression of foreigners and the resistance and strength of the people of his land, and he said about the children of Minab that they were unjustly martyred in the early hours of the war.

This speech immediately followed a wave of reactions from Iranian users; Because of this speech, many took to the pen and praised Mr. Majidi. They said that in the days of Laleh Marzban, the likes of Majid Majidi know how to rightfully speak about the honor and dignity of Iran and Iranians in international gatherings and literally guard the border.

One of the users considers Majid Majidi's speech at the Busan festival as an example of honorable defense of Iran in international forums. From his point of view, Majidi Awad preferred to remain silent in front of the atrocities and crimes that happened against the people of Iran, to use the podium of a world festival to narrate the oppression and resistance of the Iranian people. A narrative that, instead of throwing water into the enemy's mill, brings the voices of the war victims, especially the children of Minab, to the ears of the world.

Others believe that after this stormy speech of the Iranian director about the oppression and oppression of the Americans against Iran, now he should wait for character assassination and boycott from foreign festivals to receive international awards. When one of the people of cyberspace, by republishing a part of Majidi's words at the Busan festival, refers to this director about the 48 years of Iran's economic and pharmaceutical embargo and the people's non-surrender to these pressures; People who, according to Majidi, have not given up even against brutal attacks.

But the point to think about here was that along with all the same opinions in the direction of praising Majidi, different reactions and analyzes could also be found; After the speech of this Iranian director, one of the users of social networks believes that the way he speaks speaks of his self-confidence. The trust that comes from his belief in the rightness of his positions, not from the need for encouragement and rewards. From his point of view, even if Majidi knows that he may be deprived of receiving awards in the future, he is still not willing to sacrifice the truth for international awards.

However, most of the reactions to Majidi's speech were due to the admiration of his courage, because many consider Majid Majidi to be respected for standing by his words and beliefs; To tell the truth, one should not worry about losing the prize and position and speak without stuttering. In the eyes of the majority of the people of cyberspace, someone like Majidi does not need the encouragement and approval of others to defend his positions, and even if he is going to be deprived of future awards because of his words, he still does not hide the truth. What makes people ask other artists to stand up and defend their country like Majid Majidi.

After this incident, a number of others sarcastically pointed out two different reactions to Iran and said that on the one hand, there is Majid Majidi, who talks about the atrocities that have happened to the people of Iran at the Busan festival, and on the other hand, there are those who accompany Iran's ill-wishers in similar festivals to blackmail their country. For example, one of the users, referring to Majidi's words in a colloquial language, wants them to copy him, because it is in such situations that the difference between people becomes clear; A place where it becomes clear where everyone stands against oppression and injustice and how far they stand by their people and land.

Another user, referring to Majid Majidi's speech at the Busan festival, praises him for talking about the children of Minab, the 47-year sanctions on Iran and the martyrdom of the revolutionary leader, and says that the Majidi gene should be injected into other celebrities.

Referring to Majidi's words, another user said, "One becomes like Majidi who defends the identity of Iran and Iranians, and another like Mohsen Amiryousofi paints the ghost of a hopeless Iran by washing his dirty clothes."

Most of the users thanked Majidi and considered him honorable.