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According to Saeed Kamali Dehghan of The Guardian, his views are close to those of the Iranian government. He is a harshly dismissive of Abbas Kiarostami’s works. Farassati uses the terms Siahnamayi and Festival Cinema (Persian: سینمای جشنوارهای) to describe films he deems “exotic” to foreign audience and of only seeking to win awards in the West. As of today, Ferassati appears on the show ‘Ketab Baaz’ with views regarding diverse subjects.
