In Any Case, It's The

I Was A Westerner In Iran, An Iranian In The West. I Had No Identity. I Didn't Even Know Anymore Why I Was Living.

Here's The Problem: The Description Of The World Is Always Reduced To Yes Or No, Black Or White. Superficial Stories. Superhero Stories. One Side Is The Good One. The Other One Is Evil.

I Think That All Stories - If You Make Movies About Zombies And Aliens - It Has Always To Do With Your Personal Story. If Not Directly, It Is About Your Fears, Your Obsessions, Things Like That.

We Always Say We Are Equal In Front Of Death, But When You Are Rich, For Example, And You Have Everybody Taking Care Of You, I Think That You Suffer Much Less. It Must Be Much More Painful To Die When You Are Poor Than When You Are Rich. But When Your Heart Is Broken, You Can Be Rich, Poor, Whatever - A Broken Heart, We Are All Equal In Front Of It. And I Think There Is No Subject More Serious.

Death, Torture And Prison Are Part Of Daily Life For The Youth Of Iran. They Are Not Like Us, My Friends And I At Their Age; They Are Not Scared. They Are Not What We Were. They Hold Hands And Scream: “don’t Be Afraid! Don’t Be Afraid! We Are Together!” They Understand That No One Will Give Them Their Rights; They Must Go Get Them.