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Tehran – 26 May 2025
1. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei arriving for regular briefing
2. Various of briefing, journalists
3. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman:
"We believe artistic events, or art in general, should not be misused to advance political agendas. The reason for summoning (the) French charge d’affaires in Tehran was ridiculous stances taken by the French who used an international event as a platform for making false and provocative statements against the Islamic Republic of Iran."
4. Wide of briefing
5. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman:
++ON PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP REPORTEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE TALKS WITH IRAN++
"If there is genuine goodwill in this matter, if the true goal is to ensure that there are no nuclear bombs in Iran, then we too can say we are optimistic about continuing negotiations. But and this but is a significant one, if the aim is to deprive Iran of its legitimate rights under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), then we certainly do not believe that such a process will lead to any result."
6. Wide of briefing
7. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman:
++ON SPECULATIONS ABOUT AN INITIATIVE FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY++
"We support any process that is based on the participation of regional countries in enriching uranium and producing fuel needed for peaceful nuclear projects. However, this initiative cannot in any way serve as a substitute for uranium enrichment within Iran."
8. Pan left briefing
9. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Esmail Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman:
"Uranium enrichment is an inseparable part of peaceful nuclear energy and Iran’s nuclear industry. It must absolutely be preserved. We are by no means permitted to show even the slightest flexibility on this issue."
10. Baghaei leaving
STORYLINE:
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman on Monday criticised France for what he called "misusing" art for advancing political agendas, after an Iranian dissident filmmaker won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
Jafar Panahi won the prize for his revenge thriller “It Was Just an Accident."
The Iranian film centers on a man who abducts his suspected captor after being tortured in prison.
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot praised the movie after it won the prestigious award as "a gesture of resistance against the Iranian regime’s oppression."
Iran summoned France’s representative in protest after the comments.
"The reason for summoning (the) French charge d’affaires in Tehran was ridiculous stances taken by the French who used an international event as a platform for making false and provocative statements," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said at a weekly briefing in Tehran.
In Iran, film productions need to receive script approval from the government to shoot in public.
Dissident filmmaker Jafar Panahi refuses to do that, knowing they won’t allow him to make the films he wants to, and “It Was Just an Accident” was filmed without cooperation.
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