“Mansour Jahani”, an independent and international cinema reporter, said in an interview with reliable and specialized film site “indiewire.com”: “Asghar Farhadi” is a popular director in Iran, and I don’t think he will file a complaint against his former student due to defamation.
According to Artmag.ir, Mansour Jahani said in this interview: After issuing the verdict of violation of author’s rights in movie “Hero”, Farhadi has not planned to sue his former student for defamation until this moment.
This Iranian journalist continued his speech and added: Mr. Farhadi is a popular director in Iran and I don’t think he will complain about his former student. Having said that, in Iran after issuing the court verdict; Similar to an appeal in United States, parties can appeal decision and file an appeal.
This conversation had many reflections in different languages in media of USA, France, Canada, Italy, Spain, etc.
Reflection in reliable American and European media
The news of copyright infringement in movie “Hero” directed by “Asghar Farhadi” and managed by “Mansour Jahani”, an independent and international cinema reporter in the world’s leading media, including; “France Press” AFP news agency, international prestigious “Variety” magazine, “Hollywood Reporter” “The Hollywood Reporter”, “The Guardian”, “IndieWire” movie website, “Le Figaro”, IMDB, YAHOO, USA, “Euronews” news agency » Euro News of France, LaScimmiaPensa of Italy, La Presse of France, The Wrap of America, reliable and famous website “French film” Le film français, Ground.News of Canada, Allocine of France, The Wrap of America, La Croix of France, West Observer of America TV5 Monde France, Aol, 42 Mag France, Opus Ip UK, Knowledia France, Cinecittà News Italy, Mairies Online France, Zazoom Social News Italy, Lorient LeJour France, Film Festivals UK, France Info France, Titres Presse France , High on Films, France’s 20 Minutos, Spain’s newspaper El Espectador, France’s Cult Infos site, Britain’s Britannica research site, Italy’s RTL TV, Spain’s El Informational site, Italy’s Ok Diario, Spain’s El País, England’s BNN, America’s inf news, Spain’s Newstral, Mexico’s Cine PREMIERE, Italy’s Fmdelsol online, Argentina’s Noticias de Bariloche, America’s Barrons, France’s Orange Actualités, etc. met with wide coverage.
Reflection in the reliable media of the continent of Asia and the Middle East
Also, news agencies, newspapers and reliable news sites of Asian continent and Middle East region, including; Alaraby Lebanon, Tbootb China, Latest Ly India, TV 24 News Pakistan, Weibo China, The Hindu India, Movie Bloc South Korea, Nida Alwatan Newspaper Lebanon, Albilad Press Bahrain, Alwasat News Libya, Nabd, UAE, Arabic Press “Sahafah Al Arab”, “Manshor” and… news of copyright infringement in the movie “Hero”, the latest work of “Asghar Farhadi” in several languages, printed and published
Republishing interview in international media:
https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/asghar-farhadi-acquitted-a-hero-plagiarism-charges-1234964261/
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/asghar-farhadi-acquitted-hero-plagiarism-142247984.html
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