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TEHRAN -- A producer has called on Iranian cultural officials to accept the Russian culture minster’s proposal to introduce Iranian films in Russian textbooks.
“The Iranian cinema is well-known and it has the potential to be introduced more in the other countries,” Ali Mo’allem told the Persian service of the ISNA on Monday.
“However, this capability has been lost due to the state’s negligence in the international distribution of films even in neighboring countries,” he added.
Mo’allem called the Russian culture minster’s proposal an opportunity and asked the Iranian officials not to ruin “a good opportunity gained for Iranian cinema, like holding many small film weeks in foreign countries.”
The proposal was put forward during a meeting between Russia’s Minster of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and his Iranian counterpart Mohammdad Hosseini in Tehran on Saturday.
A delegation led by Medinsky arrived in Tehran on Friday to sign a protocol on organizing a Russian cultural week in Tehran in 2013.
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