“A hypocritical attitude of France towards Iran” particularly in the granting of visas. This is the reason why Marjane Satrapi, known worldwide from the comic strip and the film Persepolis, refused the Legion of Honor which was to be awarded to her in January.
A decoration that the Franco-Iranian author and director decided to “decline” because of her “principles” and her “attachment” to her “homeland of birth”, she explains in a letter addressed to the minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, published on Instagram. In a video posted a few hours later on the social network, the artist evokes a “a mark of solidarity with the Iranians, especially with women and with Iranian youth, but also with (his) French compatriots held hostage in Iran”.
Of « young freedom-loving Iranians are denied visas »
“For a while, I have really struggled to understand France’s policy towards Iran”she continues, regretting that “Young freedom-loving Iranians, dissidents, artists are being refused visas”including tourists, while children“Iranian oligarchs” with “walk around Paris as in Saint-Tropez without this posing any problem”.
“Supporting the women's revolution in Iran cannot be reduced to photos with victims or celebrities during commemorations of the death of Mahsa Amini », this young woman killed by the moral police and whose death triggered a vast movement – “Woman, life, freedom” – in 2022.
“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 that is mine”insists the one who arrived in France in 1994, and was naturalized in 2006, wishing “that France remains true to itself”. And to conclude: “I will be honored when all the defenders of freedom are at my side.”
-However, his positions are not always unanimous in the progressive camp. Last November, she sharply criticized Sandrine Rousseau in a story on Instagram relayed by Sophia Aram. What caused the environmentalist to be insulted (“You continue to be stupid,” the author told her)? This tweet in support of the Iranian student arrested in Tehran after undressing in public: “Our body, and everything we put – or not – into it, belongs to us. Strength to Iranian women, to Afghan women, to all those who suffer oppression. »
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