Invited by European Green Party Deputy Daniel Cohn Bendit (Iconic Former Student Leader of France's May 68 Revolution) , Iranian Filmmakers Marjane Satrapi and Mohsen Makhmalbaf demand foreign governments not to recognize the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (06-17-09)

Marjane Satrapi writer/director of Persepolis and filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf (probably best known here for his 2001 film Kandahar, and the excellent A Moment of Innocence) presented a document to Green Party MPs in the European parliament claiming to show that defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi had received over 19 million votes in the weekend election. They demand that foreign governments not to recognize the government of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

(Source: www.iranian.com, www.europarl.europa.eu) (less info)