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Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad has hit out at the impact of US economic sanctions while in Venice to promote a new film which documents social ills in her country.Bani-Etemad said the hard-hitting competition entry, titled Tales, was a realistic portrayal of life on the skids in an Iran permeated with prostitution, drug abuse, bureaucracy and single motherhood.  Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-E’temad has hit out at the impact of US economic sanctions while in Venice to promote a new film that documents social ills in her country.Bani-E’temad said the hard-hitting competition entry, titled Ghesseha (Tales), was a realistic portrayal of life on the skids in an Iran permeated with prostitution, drug abuse, bureaucracy and single motherhood.
“Our children who are sick with diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis are paying the direct consequences of the embargo because they cannot get the medicines they need,” Bani-Etemad said. “It’s the Iranian people who are bearing the brunt of these international decisions, which are crippling our economy and making many lives miserable.” “Our children who are sick with diseases such as cancer and multiple sclerosis are paying the direct consequences of the embargo because they cannot get the medicines they need,” Bani-E’temad said. “It’s the Iranian people who are bearing the brunt of these international decisions, which are crippling our economy and making many lives miserable.”
The director, whose previous films include 1992’s Nargess and 2001’s Zir-e Pust-e Shahr (Under the Skin of the City) said standards of living for female Iranians were being particularly hard hit by the sanctions. But she said her fellow women were fighting back. “The condition of women in Iran is that, despite their social and political position, they are resisting. Iranian women are winning,” she told reporters on the Lido. The director, whose previous films include 1992’s Nargess and 2001’s Zir-e Poost-e Shahr (Under the Skin of the City) said standards of living for female Iranians were being hit particularly hard by the sanctions. But she said her fellow women were fighting back. “The condition of women in Iran is that, despite their social and political position, they are resisting. Iranian women are winning,” she told reporters on the Lido.
Bani-Etemad, often known as the “first lady of Iranian cinema”, expressed confidence that Tales would get a distribution deal in Iran, despite its controversial subject matter. Bani-E’temad, often known as the “first lady of Iranian cinema”, expressed confidence that Tales would get a distribution deal in Iran, despite its controversial subject matter.