Even before its official opening, Iranium, the most recent documentary on radical Islam produced by the Clarion Fund, was subject to official protests from the Iranian consulate in Toronto and mysterious threats. That may be only the beginning for a film certain to generate ongoing controversy.
A prelaunch screening scheduled to take place at the end of January at the Canadian National Archives in Toronto aroused fierce opposition from the Iranian consulate. After a number of anonymous threats were received the National Archives canceled the screening citing security concerns. The cancellation received enormous media coverage in Canada with a number of government ministers taking to the airwaves to denounce the capitulation by the National Archives.
Iranium was eventually screened in Ottawa Canada’s capital early last week but Iranium’s producer Raphael Shore made the most of the moment.
“They basically gave us our advertising slogan: the film Iran’s leaders do not want you to see” said Shore.
When asked whether he himself isn’t concerned about his own personal security Shore replied that he has asked sheilos of his rabbanim and that the necessary precautions have been taken for all screenings.
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