In Sympathy With Mourning Iranians Film Director Dariush Mehrjui Not Celebrating 80TH Birthday
(Payvand Iran News)

Dariush Mehrjui, a prominent Iranian film director says he is not celebrating his 80th birthday today as a sign of sympathy with fellow Iranians who are mourning the victims of the November protests. `;I`m sad and despondent because of the calamity that has befallen [our] people. They are in mourning; they are living in hard and unfitting conditions. In such circumstances celebrating birthdays is vain,`; he told the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) on Sunday. -Radio Farda