Iran declares victory over the criminal Zionist entity…at the Oscars:
Iran trumpeted the Islamic Republic’s first foreign film Oscar win Monday as a triumph over archfoe Israel – even as audiences in Israel packed theaters to watch the movie that beat their country’s entry at the Academy Awards. …
But Iranian state media used the Oscar-winning film to trumpet a success over Israel. The state TV broadcast said the award succeeded in “leaving behind” a film from the “Zionist regime,” the phrase often used in Iran to describe Israel. …
Javad Shamaghdari, head of Iran’s Cinematic Agency, portrayed the Oscar decision as the “beginning of the collapse” of Israeli influence that “beats the drum of war” in the U.S.
Sacha Baron Cohen needs to grab a notepad and take a seat, because Iran just showed him how satire is done.
It’s actually pretty rare for the regime to comment on these types of entertainment awards. While the Associated Press speculates this could be a sign Tehran is easing its hardline stance on the movie industry, it probably has more to do with the regime’s unrestrained animosity toward Israel. Note that any perceived success vis-à-vis the Jewish state (even an Oscar win) is framed in nationalistic and moral terms by the regime: the beating drums of war are slowing because an Iranian filmmaker won the foreign language award over a handful of other countries, including Israel. And this isn’t even portrayed as a sign of artistic achievement on the Iranian movie industry’s part, but as a sign of Israel’s “collapse.” That’s some deep psychological stuff right there.
I had no idea the Iranians heaped so much significance on out doing Israel at anything. The Iranians and Israelis don't want to destroy destroy each other. They want to humiliate each other to death. This could be great stuff. Why don't these two nations develop sports teams of every kind at every level and play each other every week in every sport. It would be like watching two teams that both had Philadelphia fans. I would love that. I would watch that before a lot of American sports. I think the whole world would.
It can't work b/c Iran, as well as many other Muslim countries, refuses to play Israel in most sporting events. Just last week an Iranian beat an Israeli in a judo competition and refused to shake his hand at the end. An Iranian soccer team also forfeited a match against another team just because the other team had an Israeli coach.
During the Cold War, the Soviet Block did the same thing with the Olympics. n nIt is propaganda.