Against the illusive movie "300"

This petition is constructed representing the point of view of many



Iranians and historians across the globe towards the upcoming movie



of 300, in which it portraits Iranians as monsters rising from the



heart of darkness to destroy the Greek civilization. We feel that



this movie not only has done a poor job painting the reality of the



past, but also it has humiliated and mortified the Iranian culture



and the reality of what Iran represented at that era. Iranian's



religion, Zoroastrianism, celebrates life, light and love. We live by



good words, good deeds and good thoughts. Our kings respected all



religions and beliefs and celebrated the festivals of all their



subjects. Farther more, the very first human rights ideas were born



in Iran at this very same era and the proof to this is at the United



Nation's building today. We never walked around naked like animals



and barbarians, we always covered our body with beautiful clothing,



due to the value of our culture. Our society, rich in culture and was



against slavery, and every person in Iran (Persia as the Greeks



called it) was paid accordingly to his or her skills. Even we had



equality between man and woman; and in some cases where women were



higher generals, officers, architects, or ship admirals they were



paid more than men were. Movies like "300" and "Alexander" have



tried to show a lie about Iran and Iranian culture to this day, and



we the Iranians and historians of the world, are creating this



petition to announce that we are against those who are trying to



paint a picture of this rich culture with lies. We strongly urge that



something to be done against these kinds of actions and bring a stop



to this drivel of cultural annihilation. We are counting on the



signature of everyone in the world who is aware of the legitimacy and



authenticity of these facts to bring an end to these despicable



measures in our world.