“The reports are being published by those who have dominated Iranian cinema by their flops and when they see their interests under threat from new successful productions, they begin poisoning the minds of people by accusing the successful filmmakers of using dirty money in their movies,” Mirkarimi said at a press conference for his latest film “Qasre Shirin” as a director.

He addressed the journalists and said, “You will see ‘We Are All Together’ in the future and you will find it a different comedy.”

He said that the accusing people themselves use the dirty money to produce their films.

Starring Hamed Behdad, “Qasre Shirin” had its Iranian premiere at the 37th Fajr Film Festival on Friday. The film is competing in the official section of the festival, which is currently underway in Tehran.

Earlier last week, Saeid Malekan, the producer of “Gholamreza Takhti”, a movie about the life story of Iranian Olympic gold-medalist wrestler Gholamreza Takhti, denied an allegation of money laundering.

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“We did not give any guest money,” Mirkarimi told the Persian service of MNA on Sunday and added, “The extent of service provided for Oliver Stone and his wife was that we paid for their plane tickets.”

“This demonstrates the skills and proficiency of the organizers of a festival if they are able to arouse the curiosity of its guests about the event,” he stated.

He also added that their method to invite the guests was so alluring that the invitees felt there would be a loss if they would miss the event.

A rumor went around on Persian social networks that the foreign cineastes at the Fajr festival, including the American filmmaker Oliver Stone, got paid a lot of money to be a guest at the event.

“We made good use of them; i.e. they held numerous workshops, delivered speeches and gave many interviews during their stay in Tehran,” Mirkarimi said.

The 36th edition of the Fajr International Festival was held in Tehran from April 19 to 26 as Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov’s drama “Ága” was selected as best film at the event.

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