Irshad Minister: Good international works have reached the Fajr Film Festival/Iranian family fashion and clothing festival

According to the political reporter of Fars news agency, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said before noon today (Wednesday) on the sidelines of the meeting of the Board of Ministers in the group of reporters: An important aspect of holding the Fajr Festival is to create social vitality. No film festival in the world is as popular as our Fajr Film Festival.

He said: People are present at the Fajr Film Festival, they choose and bring joy to the society with their large presence.

Regarding the rumor of Fajr festival boycott, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said: It has already been said that this issue is related to some mercenary and foreign media whose life and death is in this work.

Esmaili added: Our artists are on stage with enthusiasm. From this week, pre-sale of the festival films will start and our colleagues estimate that we should increase the theaters, which is being done, and side sections and side prizes have also been activated.

Regarding the banning of some artists, he said: Banning has a legal process, and we at the Ministry of Culture considered it our duty to support the artists who got into trouble. Some of them participated in the social or illegal work has been done that has nothing to do with their artistic work and legal action has been taken and they will be dealt with.

The Minister of Culture added: We consider these as the family of culture and art and we try to solve their problems as much as possible.

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