![I'd heard so many stupidities about my country since I left Iran. People had watched this stupid movie Not Without My Daughter [in which Sally Field plays an American who rescues her daughter from her estranged in-laws in Iran]; I heard so many things like that. I did not make Persepolis for Iranians. It was my answer to the rest of the world, to say, "Let me give you another point of view."](/assets/img/quote-photos/id-heard-so-many-stupidities-about-my-country-since-i-left-iran-people-had-watc.jpg)
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