Irshad’s focus on the job security of journalists/more than 100 films are scheduled to be screened – Mehr news agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr reporter, Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, this evening, Wednesday, August 25, together with a group of his deputies and managers in the mentioned ministry, in a meeting with journalists, photographers and media activists, answered their questions and demands regarding support for journalists, transparency in the environment Culture and art, as well as issues related to cinema, theater, music and visual arts, as well as the status of artists and the rulings issued for them, answered.
I have not had any bitter experience with the media
In this program, Esmaili addressed media reporters in the fields of “Culture and Art” and “Government” and said: “I will never be afraid of being in your company.” bored I will not Responding to journalists is respecting the sacred work that you do, and this is the least that an official should do; The official, which is clear from his name, means the place of questioning and answering, and we have the opportunity to be accountable for our actions.
He added: I have not had any bitter experience with the media. As friends mentioned, we always had good meetings. Some criticisms may happen at the same time, but in general, all the journalists I deal with are among my best cultural and artistic friends, and all journalist friends from different media and different trends are respected by me. It does not matter to me whether I am a reformist or any other intellectual tendency. Because orientation is not an issue for me. Journalism is a sacred and difficult job, and perhaps their duties are not respected by some institutions, and we are ashamed of this, but anyway I wanted to express my feelings about your very good work.
85 to 90 percent of our plans have been realized
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, referring to the realization of many plans that he had announced when he entered the ministry, said: When I started working, we published an action plan in the form of about 124 paragraphs on our website. If you ask me Mr. Esmaili to what extent your plan was realized, maybe you will say me I am narcissisticbut I must say that about 85 or 90% of our plans have been realized without exaggeration.
He continued: In this program, I had announced that I wanted the cultural and artistic authority to return to the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, or I had talked about cultural justice, cultural and artistic popularization, and the economy of culture and art. In this field of economy of culture and art, we started work in 1400, where the share of culture in the country’s budget was about 1%, but now it is close to 2.9%, and it is an important event.
I am a transparent minister
Esmaili said about the necessity of transparency for the media: I am a transparent minister. Sometimes my friends say that some words you say create expectations for us. For example, for the first time, we said based on the note of paragraph 9 “h”State companies and banks are obliged to allocate one percent of their expenses to the field of culture and art. We told them not to line up in front of economic centers; While we said that you will deposit 50% of it to the art fund and we will give it to our projects, and we also set up a working group and approved its very clear regulations in the government, the Islamic Council had a slight problem and it was resolved and the work has started. Yes, the culture and art credits have increased 10 to 20 times amazingly. We announce all this. I am not going to be the minister of guidance forever, because we don’t know about two minutes from now.
Referring to his city and provincial trips, he said: I have gone on more than 100 city and provincial trips and I will definitely go to almost every place that I am invited to. All Thursdays and Fridays, I have bothered my dear colleagues and taken them on a trip with me. Our work has no hours. I call my colleagues at four in the morning and ask for work; Because I believe we are like an inverted hourglass running out of time. This is the philosophy on which we work. Now there are also casualties, but to anyway We try to do the right thing. When we accept responsibility, then we must know and work.
Our main focus is on the job security of journalists
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, in response to Mehr’s reporter’s question about maintaining the job security of journalists, said: Our main focus now is on the job security of journalists so that we can identify everyone, give them a journalist card and job identity. All my concerns are about this comprehensive media bill that my colleagues and I spent eight months on.
He added: Only the job security of journalists is important, and the rest of the issues may not have been very important to me. It is important that journalists do not feel that if their service secretary frowns on them, they will be fired and their livelihood will be disrupted. These are red lines for us; Or if, for example, a certain official did not like us, we should look for a new job. I want to say that all this is important to me and we are definitely following up. Regarding the journalists’ gift, I must say that last year this gift was 300 thousand tomans, but this year it was 400 thousand tomans, and we requested it to be increased five times. It means about two million tomans and each of the journalists who are in the registration system should receive these gifts.
We have no disagreement with Mr. Jabali
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said about the situation of the home television network and the interaction of the Ministry of Guidance with the media: When I came to Ershad, Mr. Hossein Tzamami, who is one of my old friends and I am interested in him, said that we have closed this work for some time. . Sometimes I’ve heard some people say that it (the home network) has given up and gone. This is despite the fact that the issue of the home theater network in Irshad had been closed since the end of the previous government and even its institution was dissolved in the cinema organization.
He continued: “When I came, I was involved with this issue and I even wrote a letter to the dear leader of the revolution and explained it.” With the kindness and magnanimity they have, they organized a meeting in their office and we discussed our words, and this interactive path started and progressed, and today we have reached a division of labor in our Supreme Council, in which two issues were excluded; One of them was the discussion of series; Because of the type of work that serials have. A council was formed in which two of our representatives are also members. I am now reading the same article. The responsibility for regulating, issuing licenses and monitoring news agencies and media, advertising, books and computer games and the like is within the framework of the duties and missions of the Ministry of Guidance. and in the field of audio and video, it is under the responsibility of that ministry, which is quite clear. Even now, we have reached a common understanding with Mr. Dr. Jabali and his friends. Now it is normal; It is a single field that has two contenders. In some cases, we are still seeking to clarify the boundaries and work rules together.
Because of one person’s violation, a film or a drama series should not be damaged
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance also emphasized to his deputies and managers to interact more with the media and artists and said: I tell all veteran friends who come to me many times that you are my representative and Anywhere If you have a problem, this is my number, be sure to share the problem with us. We have no boundaries in the field of serving people of culture, art and media.
About helping veterans, he said: We have more than 100 films in the queue for screening and showing. During the Corona period, cinemas were closed for a while and we fell behind. I have stated many times that a film or a show should not suffer because of one person’s transgression. What is the sin of a producer who has spent 20 or 30 billion tomans for his work? For example, the movie “Gesht Irshad 3” had a problem, but we issued the license for it. We have many works of this type. Even now, some movies are like this.
Law and hijab Part of Our red lines
Ismaili said: I am transparent. From the first day I came, I said that the law and hijab are the same Part of is the law Part of These are our red lines, and I have asked many times that even the people who have committed a violation come back. I believe that thousands of cultural and artistic figures should not have problems with their lives and sustenance because of the work of a few people. Musical activities were suddenly stopped during this time. OK Who lost? During Nowruz last year, 400,000 people went to stage performances in countries around Iran.
He added: This year, we managed this space and one million people in our country, Iran, went to stage performances during this period, and this wheel turned. Therefore, I believe that in the field of culture and art, we should face minimal negative work. You watch the movie. The same movie “Fossil”. The last blockbuster movie was a year and a half ago, which sold 58 billion Tomans. Cinema now ticket Hit it, it has sold more than 230 billion tomans. I don’t know what the prosperity of culture and art is. Sometimes I see friends make wrong criticisms, otherwise criticism is a source of growth.
The non-screening of some movies and the illegal distribution of the movie “Subtraction”
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance further pointed to the non-screening of some cinematographic works and the illegal distribution of the movie “Tafreeq” and said: Some of these works are not currently in demand for screening. The next thing is that last night at one o’clock Mr. Khazaei sent me a text message from Lebanon and said that this film has been released and he also sent a voice from God’s servant who was in charge of the work. This film is not in our possession now before the screening, but in the possession of the producer himself; It means that it is not at the disposal of the Ministry of Culture’s film organization to publish it. Now with those new technologies, sometimes when I want to coordinate and see a movie in the cinema organization, I have to first coordinate with the producer so that they give a code for a certain hour so that we can watch it for two or three hours. In any case, our plan is to support the field of culture and art. Yes, there are cases. I don’t want to deny it, but our effort is that at least the problem goes back to the films themselves due to some factors, and this has been our policy.
He added: It is also true that we do not have the serials in the home television network, but anyway, we policy and manage the major responsibility in the field of culture and art. the radio itself, Satra And everyone is a member of a group whose responsibility is with the Ministry of Guidance, and there the macro measures of the drama field are determined. there too Our emphasis That’s it. There are also series whose actors have become counter-revolutionary opposition abroad, but their works are being aired and we do not prohibit them. Now that reformulation and the problems that exist, that is another policy.
Despite the unkindness, we tried not to offend the artistic community
Esmaili said about the rulings issued for artists: these rulings are issued for the judicial system and are made with the judgment of the judge. Neither I nor the head of the judiciary can tell the judge what sentence to issue; But we follow up. Friends followed up on some of the rulings that had been issued before and had created margins. We try to cooperate as much as possible. Despite the indifference of some artistic figures towards people and people’s ideals, we tried not to offend the artistic community, and as much as possible, we tried to mitigate things.