Iranian official lashes out at Hollywood movie “300” for insulting Persian civilization

This is a curious report for a number of reasons. Firstly, Shiite Moslem Iran is feeling defensive about the depiction of the Zoroastrian ancient Persians in the cinematic cartoon film 300, which centers on the battles of Themopylae in 480 BC.

OK. We DO have Irans President AhmadiNejad Ahm-mad-on-a-jihad we’re dealing with here, so I guess that anything goes in THAT department.

THe other curious thing is that the only place this is being reported is by the ChiCom Xinhua agency reporting through People’s Daily Online of all places.