Director Shah Hosseini has dismissed the criticism. I reject any accusation that this film is against Iranian or Islamic morals, he told ISNA news agency.

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On 30 December 2004, the Court of the Minsk region and the city of Zaslavl issued the following decision the charge of possession of illegal firearms was dropped as being impossible to prove (article 295, accusation), but Mr. Marynich was sentenced to five years of imprisonment under article 210 of the Criminal Code.