ARE YOU OK?
Emails from Tehran
On March 1, the day after the U.S. and Israel launched their unprovoked war against Iran, the Virginia Defenders wrote to an old friend in Tehran and asked if he and his family were OK.
The friend is Habib Ahmadzadeh, a prominent author and filmmaker whom we met during our 2007 journey through Iran. The emails we have received from Habib tell the story you won’t hear from the corporate media. We hope they will inspire you to speak out loudly and demand an end to this senseless, murderous war. For information about how you can help, please contact:
Virginia Defenders for Freedom, Justice & Equality
PO Box 23202, Richmond, Virginia 23223
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Habib Ahmadzadeh's profile photo from his Facebook page.
Books & Films by Habib Ahmadzadeh
Habib Ahmazadeh is a prominent Iranian novelist, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker who was born in1963 in Abadan, a city in southwest Iran. A father and grandfather, he now lives in Tehran, Iran’s capital. His work is heavily influenced by his experiences during the war, in which, as a teenager, he volunteered to serve after his home town was attacked.
His novels include “Book Title,” “Chess with the Doomsday Machine,” “A City Under Siege: Tales of the Iran-Iraq War,” “War City Stories” and “Code 24.”
His films include “The Night Bus,” “The Last 50 Steps” and “The Glass Agency,” His documentary films include “The Outstanding Statue in the World,” “The Last Arrow of Arash,” and “The Live Wave.”
The Defenders recently showed Habib’s film “Ameneh’s Golden Blood” at eleanor's norfolk, a bookstore in Norfolk, and at the Afterglow Coffee Collective in Richmond.
Habib Ahmadzadeh. Photo by Virginia Defender editor Phil Wilayto.