Iran's House of Cinema ruled illegal
14:52 - 1 January 2012
Kurdpa - The Iran Public Culture Council (IPCC) has ruled the Iranian House of Cinema (IHC) is illegal, the Persian service of FNA reported on Wednesday. The decision was made during an IPCC meeting, which was held to settle a lawsuit filed against the organization by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance early December.
IPCC is composed of 29 members including the culture ministry, representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Intelligence Ministry, and the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization.
No representative from the IHC was invited to the meeting.
The members were briefed by Deputy Culture Minister Javad Shamaqdari about the activities of IHC at the meeting, Mansur Vaezi told FNA.
\"Finally, due to the (Shamaqdaro\'s) report, IPCC ruled the Iranian House of Cinema is illegal,\" he added.
The IHC announced in a statement on Monday that it won\'t collaborate with the Culture Ministry in organizing the Fajr International Film Festival, if the legal issues raised by the ministry are not settled.
Some semi official news websites deemed the statement a call for boycotting the festival, which is considered as Iran\'s most important cinematic event.
Source: Tehran Times
IPCC is composed of 29 members including the culture ministry, representatives of the Interior Ministry, the Intelligence Ministry, and the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization.
No representative from the IHC was invited to the meeting.
The members were briefed by Deputy Culture Minister Javad Shamaqdari about the activities of IHC at the meeting, Mansur Vaezi told FNA.
\"Finally, due to the (Shamaqdaro\'s) report, IPCC ruled the Iranian House of Cinema is illegal,\" he added.
The IHC announced in a statement on Monday that it won\'t collaborate with the Culture Ministry in organizing the Fajr International Film Festival, if the legal issues raised by the ministry are not settled.
Some semi official news websites deemed the statement a call for boycotting the festival, which is considered as Iran\'s most important cinematic event.
Source: Tehran Times
