TEHRAN � Mehr News�quotes�the controversial American filmmaker as telling another Iranian outlet that he would visit the country, even without an official invitation:
Moore in his latest interview with Mehrnameh magazine said �when the news of my visit to Iran was published a few years ago, the right-wing media in the US began to take a position and published some very critical and hateful articles, they even published faked news about me. So I thought I should postpone visiting Iran to another time.�

Michael Moore continued �they explained to me that my style has many advocates in Iran. So obviously I was happy. I am now waiting for an opportunity to travel to Iran. Even if they do not invite me this time I will go anyway.�
Apparently, no one told Mehr News (or Michael Moore, for that matter) that as an American you can�t just show up in Iran uninvited. The country maintains a very defined process to get a visa to visit, with clear limitations and extra hoops for Americans to jump through.

Either Moore isn�t aware of the rules or thinks they don�t apply to him. Every American I�ve ever met here, though, had to go through the paper-heavy visa process.

BuzzFeed�asked Moore�about the Mehr News item. �Someone is playing a prank,� he told BuzzFeed. �Are you serious? Really?� We�ve reached out to him for further comment.

By The Washington Post

 

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