"300" Movie; Iran Upset At 'Psycological Warfare' by U.S.

Looks like the Iranians are not happy with “300.” Imitating members of the “tin foil hat” crowd, Iranian officials are calling the movie a conspiracy between “Hollywood and ‘cultural authorities’ in the U.S. Little did he know, Hollywood considers itself to be the cultural authority of the US, and is already (for the most part) in the back pocket of the Islamic regime.


“An Iranian official on Sunday lashed out at the Hollywood movie "300" for insulting the Persian civilization, local Fars News Agency reported.
Javad Shamqadri, an art advisor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accused the new movie of being "part of a comprehensive U.S. psychological war aimed at Iranian culture", said the report.
Shamqadri was quoted as saying "following the Islamic Revolution in Iran, Hollywood and cultural authorities in the U.S. initiated studies to figure out how to attack Iranian culture," adding "certainly, the recent movie is a product of such studies."
The movie's effort wound be fruitless, because "values in Iranian culture and the Islamic Revolution are too strongly seated to be damaged by such plans", said the Iranin official.”

I hadn't seen the movie yet, as I have been busy, but if it makes "Iranian official" Shamqadri upset, I like it already. Seeing "300" now moves to the top of my list of things to do. BUT, what can you expect: Islamics didn't like "24" either.