Promoted to Knight of the Legion of Honor in July, author and director Marjane Satrapi decided on Monday to refuse the decoration in the face of “France's hypocritical attitude towards Iran”.
“I cannot ignore what I perceive as France's hypocritical attitude towards Iran“, declared Marjane Satrapi on Monday January 13. As a result, the author and director of the comic strip and the film Persepolis decided to refuse the Legion of Honor, reports Le Monde. She had been promoted to the rank of knight in July , a decoration which comes in contradiction with “its principles“and his”attachment“to his”homeland of birth“, she explained in a letter addressed to the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati, published on Instagram.
However, she assures in a video on the same social network, this is not a rejection of France, or a contempt for the institution. “The refusal of the Legion of Honor is in no way an action or a thought against France. On the contrary, I deeply love this country of mine, it is my adopted country“, she insisted. However, she asks that France “stay true to herself“. The Iraniansdo not need communication“ The author and director of the comic strip and the film Persepolis wishes to show a “mark of solidarity with Iranians, especially with women and with Iranian youth, but also with French compatriots held hostage in Iran“. She indeed regrets that “young freedom-loving Iranians, dissidents, artists, are refused visas” including tourists, while children of “Iranian oligarchs“with”stroll in Paris as in Saint-Tropez without this posing any problem“. Marjane Satrapi believes that the Iranians “do not need communication” : “Supporting the women's revolution in Iran cannot be limited to photos with victims or celebrities during the commemorations of the death of Mahsa Amini“, she believes. “We need concrete actions“. And to conclude: “I will be honored when all the defenders of freedom are at my side.“
published on January 14 at 8:55 a.m., Alexis Gail, 6Medias
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