Kazem Nazari on Zionist regime's crimes in Gaza
Iran Theater- The director general of dramatic arts emphasized the need to address the oppression of the Palestinian people and wrote that it is up to the theater artists to reveal the crimes of the Zionists by artistically creating suitable works.
Kazem Nazari (the Director General of Dramatic Arts Center and ITI President of Iran) published a note in mourning for the oppressed martyrs of Gaza as well as the oppressed women, children and suffering people of Palestine.
Kazem Nazari wrote: "what concerned person is calm in the face of oppression that is done to others? Which person is awake and wise who sees the killing of women and children and remains silent? And do artists tolerate being silent in the face of the vast crimes of criminals? "
He added: "Now the women and children, the hard-working and suffering people of Gaza, are in the heart of history, the targets of brutal attacks that make people's hearts ache. Theater, as a mirror in front of history, cannot see the lineup of Zionist criminals and war-making enterprises of the West and remain silent and not react. It is tragic that the names of some of the bombs that fall on the mothers of this region are Mother of Bombs. In a time when mothers carry the killed child in their arms and then die.”
Kazem Nazari described the role of art and artist in such conditions: In this situation, art in all fields, including in the theater, has not failed to expose the oppressors and the lords of power in all eras. From the ancient Greek theater to the contemporary playwrights who, with their perspective, thought and belief, have dealt with the issue and tragedy of Palestine and the oppression that Israel, global Zionism and Western governments have done to the Palestinians. This responsibility weighs heavily on the shoulders of every person and will worry and disturb every artist. We believe that this responsibility and annoyance is double for Middle Eastern countries, especially for Iranian theater artists. The disaster is so extensive and painful that it has crossed the border of geography and local and national beliefs and has forced the intellectuals and artists of the Western and Arab world to take action in these years. ”
At the end of his statement, he emphasized: "The General Department of Dramatic Arts Center and various theater departments, not as theater administrative centers, but as cultural centers, expect theaters on a wide and artistic level to reveal the corners of ongoing tragedies in the region by creating suitable plays. "