Iranium, the new anti-Iran movie of Clarion Fund, scheduled to be released on September 14, 2010
The Clarion Fund’s announced its new anti-Iran movie Iranium to be launched at September 14, 2010. Will this be a Islamophobic neocon production or will it reveal new facts?
On the website of the movie, iraniummovie.com, the organization writes that “The 45-minute film will explore the principles of the revolution, and expose the hatred and violence exhibited by Iran’s brutal leadership. The film will document the development of the Iranian nuclear program, the threats posed by such a program, and the West’s inability to recognize the true nature of an extremist Islamic Revolutionary regime that does not represent the worldview of the majority of its citizens.”
So what did the Clarion Fund decide to make this movie in the first place? “The film will present a wide array of options to combat the threat and will target influential U.S. interest groups and policy makers. After viewing the film, the general public will be able to understand the critical nature of the threats and encourage a movement aimed at preventing the further advancement of the Iranian regime and its nuclear arsenal”, the organization writes at their website.
Previous productions of the Clarion Fund were ‘Obsession’ and ‘Third Jihad’, and portrayed radical islam so ot comes as no surprise that their foucs have shifted to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The website is clear about the content of the movie Iranium: “The film will feature exclusive interviews and footage that will illustrate the sophisticated depth of the threat. It is the goal of the Iranian leadership to spread the radical Islamic revolution at all costs, and with all available resources. This extremist worldview is ingrained in the state’s constitution and has been supported by the actions of the regime’s leaders.”
“Since the start of the revolution, the unelected Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has established a stranglehold on the Iranian government, military and economy. Any attempts from within to bring alternative leadership have been violently muted.”
“Now 30 years after the start of the revolution, Iran is on the cusp of crossing the nuclear threshold. By many estimates, Iran is less than a year away from producing a nuclear weapon—if not sooner. Iran has consistently tried to disguise the intention and progress of its nuclear program, playing a careful game of aggressive gamesmanship and deceptive diplomacy.”
Even before teh lauhch of the movie it has recieved strong critizism. The movie is funded through the web radicalislam.org. Critics write that ‘neo-cons’ like ames Woolsey, Rachel Ehrenfeld, and Bernard Lewis will be interviewed. Richard Silversteinwrites: It’s somehow fitting that Clarion has turned to a charlatan for affirmation of their anti-Iranian views, since those behind this film are charlatans as well, albeit political ones.
At first glance this critizism seems to be politically motivated too, feeded by disgust of Clarion, Pentagon’s policies and its Office of Net Assessment.
Why don’t we wait until the movie has been realeased wo we can judge what we actually see?