Overview
- Asghar Farhadi issued a public appeal calling on artists and filmmakers worldwide to protest reported bombing in Iran that he says is destroying civilian infrastructure.
- He argued that striking power, water, and transport systems targets daily life and declared that attacking a country’s infrastructure is a war crime.
- The statement was circulated by independent Iranian journalist Mansour Jahani and confirmed by Farhadi’s Paris-based producer Alexandre Mallet-Guy.
- President Donald Trump warned in a social media post that "a whole civilization will die tonight" and threatened to destroy bridges and power plants if no deal is reached.
- The appeal followed Iran’s rejection of a 45-day U.S. ceasefire proposal, as U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said attacks on civilian infrastructure are banned by international law.