Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:50:06 +0200Prague-born documentary maker shows ‘man of the people’ side of Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Letters to the Presidenthttps://english.radio.cz/prague-born-documentary-maker-shows-man-people-side-irans-ahmadinejad-letters-8586460© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalLetters to the President is a documentary about the president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, known around the world for his verbal attacks on America and Israel. In this film, however, the focus is very much on Ahmadinejad’s relationship with the people of his own country, hundreds of thousands of whom send the populist politician beseeching letters. The film’s Prague-born Canadian director Petr Lom got remarkably close to the Iranian president, though his uncritical approach has been denounced by some.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/letters_to_president.jpg?timestamp=1591338962 Prague-born documentary maker shows ‘man of the people’ side of Iran’s Ahmadinejad in Letters to the President https://english.radio.cz/prague-born-documentary-maker-shows-man-people-side-irans-ahmadinejad-letters-8586460 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9