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Iran funds comic's 'anti-Zionist' film

November 30, 2009 14:15
DIEUDONNEM

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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A French far-right comedian famed for his antisemitic stunts has revealed he has been receiving funding from Iran to make ‘anti-Zionist’ films.

Comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, 43, had previously stood for the European Parliament as head of the Anti-Zionist Party, which he formed with Alain Soral, a former member of Jean-Marie Le Pen’s extreme-right National Front.

At a press conference in Paris at the weekend, Mr Dieudonné, originally from Cameroon, told reporters: “"We received a substantial budget allowing us to make movies on par with Hollywood, which serves as the long arm of Zionist culture.”

He added that he believed "Ahmadinejad is better loved in Iran than Sarkozy in France" and then commended the Iranian president for "surviving a media lynch"