The Price of Resistance Is Being Convicted/ American Media Have Distorted the Picture of Iranian Resistance
TEHRAN (AIPFF) - As Reported By RIFF, David Barsamyan the American analyst in a meeting of analyzing the Islamic Revolution cultural discourse and strategic perspective said: The image reflected in the American media of the Iranian Resistance has been completely distorted.
TEHRAN (AIPFF) – According to RIFF, David Barsamyan the American analyst in a meeting of analyzing the Islamic Revolution cultural discourse and strategic perspective said: The image reflected in the American media of the Iranian Resistance has been completely distorted.
The Resistance International Film Festival is now being held in the following sections: Iranian Cinema Contest with the subsets of feature films, video movies, short films, documentaries, animated films, television series, music video and Advertising Materials, and the International sections with the three sections of International Cinema Contest (including feature films, short films, documentaries and animated films), Imad Muqniah, as well as the perspective of Resistance Cinema in the world.
According to the fourteenth Resistance International Film Festival reports, the meeting for analyzing the cultural discourse of the Islamic Revolution and strategic perspective was held on Tuesday Sep 27th with a speech by David Barsamyan an American expert political analyst and Nader Taleb-Zadeh from Iran.
David Barsamyan the American analyst and Nader Talebzadeh at Resistance Int’l Film Festival – Photo: RIFF
At the beginning of the meeting Barsamyan made reference to a definition of resistance and provided examples to say: I consider resistance to be what I have seen, such as in India, which claims to be the world’s largest democracy. But its officials have occupied Kashmir. Right now there is an Intifada resistance against the Indian army in Kashmir and many have been killed, wounded and blinded in the process. The conflict has started in 1947 and has made it so Kashmir hosts the highest density of 700 thousand military occupying troops.
He added that the military is regularly controlling Kashmiri people’s daily life and the media hides this in America. I have travelled to Kashmir many times and made reports from the region. As a result of this effort I do not have permission to go to this region and it is very upsetting because I have a lot of friends and acquaintances India.
The political analyst said that the task of independent media is going to a place they don’t want it to go an also continued: Now India has made it to sell a favorable picture of itself to America. In America they say India is the land of Buddha, Gandhi and the people of India are steadily in meditation. This picture hides the reality however. For example, in South India there is much resistance against the Indian government but the media does not talk about it in America. Even if coverage takes place, governments will be presented as terrorists.
He added: There it is shown that Iran is always opposed opponent, and the main reason for this portrayal is that when you stand out from the American power orbit, you will be condemned and this is the cost of resistance.
He pointed to the selected use of the word terrorism to describe some states of resistance and opposition currents by US media and said: We must pay attention this title is attributed to individuals and the governments that oppose America. For this expression to be valid it should be attributed according to justice. However, the media in America severely distort reality about Israel and Palestine. Israel is displayed as an innocent state under a big threat from a major power called Palestine and it is very hard to find one’s way through these slogans to find a way to the truth. As Hitler said: If you repeatedly lie, people will believe the story and in America the narration is strictly controlled. The suffering of the Israeli people is magnified and that of the Palestinians is shown as minimal.
Referring to independent media’s task this radio producer also said: The task of my program from the perspective of an independent media is to pass information to the people of America to eliminate the usual narrative and work against the flow.
David Barsamyan the American analyst speaking at Resistance Int’l Film Festival – Photo: RIFF
It is required to mention that the Resistance International Film Festival (RIFF) is regarded as one of the most prestigious international film festivals in Iran.
The goal of the Festival is to create an atmosphere of dialogue, understanding of current human sufferings, and to share experiences and new ideas. The three-fold mission is to:
1. Create an atmosphere of dialogue by recognizing activists and filmmakers.
2. Foster the human spirit of brotherhood, peace, and resisting oppression.
3. Use the language of film to fight terrorism and violence.
Filmmakers around the world are welcome to submit documentaries, short and feature, and animated films relevant to the festival topics.
The RIFF is established to explain the “Islamic Revolution Discourse”, as well as the theoretical and conceptual framework of the world’s most prestigious religious and ideological revolution.
Being held for 13th years, the Resistance International Film Festival is considered as the oldest Islamic Revolution Film Festival so far.
Since the 11th year, the Resistance International Film Festival cinematic strategy and goals, have attracted the world’s independent artists and filmmakers’ attention. This momentous cultural and cinematic event is formed to explain the “Islamic Revolution Discourse”, as well as the theoretical and conceptual framework of the world’s most prestigious religious and ideological revolution, regarded as the effect of the fore-mentioned discourse. Relying on the very discourse, the Resistance International Film Festival has provided the artists and filmmakers from all over the world with the principles, ideals and values of the Islamic Revolution, along with re-introducing domestic filmmakers together, to associate its productions with the ‘Islamic Revolution Discourse’ concepts and terminology. To achieve this goal, the Resistance International Film Festival is established to explain resistance culture and expose the cultural, political, economic and media invasion of resistant movement enemies. It especially aims to focus on the U.S., anti-arrogance of the oppressed nations of the world, the fight against “terrorism” and “International Zionism”, paying special attention to the cultural and cinematic challenges and needs of the Islamic world in the two local and international sections.
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