The invitation to Miss Jolie was, he said, "a fitting invitation to a whore actress from the House of Whores"

◼ Iran cracks down on film industry - TELEGRAPH

Officials issued a notice shutting down Tehran's House of Cinema, an institute that promotes Iranian-made films. The ministry of culture and Islamic guidance said that its bodies would assume oversight of the industry after the centre is wound up.

...The Ministry of Culture was spurred into action by a conservative backlash against an invitation to Angelina Jolie, the Hollywood actress, to attend the 30th anniversary of its national film festival in a few weeks.

"The Iranian cinema under [House of Cinema] guidance is now worse than Hollywood when it comes to vice issues," said Farajolah Salahshor, a prominent conservative director.

The invitation to Miss Jolie was, he said, "a fitting invitation to a whore actress from the House of Whores". Mansour Vaezi, a culture ministry official, said that the House of Cinema had "continued to ignore directives on the issues of our concern about the contents of the films made by its members".