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Gando is a series broadcast by Iranian television that tells in 30 episodes the arrest of the Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaïan and his wife, in July 2014 .. YouTube Gando.

Iran's television aired a 30-episode counter-espionage series that chronicled the arrest of Iran-US journalist Jason Rezaian and his wife for espionage in July 2014. The series was criticized by the government and provoked controversy over social networks.

From our correspondent in Tehran ,

For a month, Iranian television broadcast the series entitled Gando , named after an Indian crocodile present in Iran. The series shows the activities of the Iranian counterintelligence services and the arrest of Jason Rezaian and his wife Yeganeh Saleh, also a journalist.

Jason Rezaian, who worked for the Washington Post , was arrested in July 2014 and detained for 544 days before being released in 2016 when the Iran-Iran nuclear deal entered into force. great powers.

Iran's "Office of Legends"

In the exchange, Jason Rezaian had been imprisoned and sentenced for spying. The director of the series claimed that the film is based on reality. A bit like the French series " The Bureau of Legends " or the American " Homeland " , "Gando" praises the Iranian intelligence services.

The series shows, for example, officers seated in front of state-of-the-art, high-tech computer screens that broadcast surveillance images and drone fire. The name of Jason Rezaian is changed to Michael Hashemian who rhymes with the name of the journalist, presented as a super-spy working for the United States. He also underlines his links with the entourage of President Rohani.

The government pointed out

The series glorifies the Guardians of the Revolution and its intelligence service and directly and indirectly criticizes the nuclear deal and the government's actions, including Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. It encourages suspicion towards the United States, journalists and all those who are too close to the West and trust Westerners too much.

She was criticized by President Rohani's advisor, Hesamedin Ashna, but also by other members of the government. But 155 members of Parliament, which has 290 members, supported the series in a statement read in the gallery.

The controversy has also developed on social networks. Some Internet users criticized the series by saying that it was not based on reality. But in the face, others praised the role of the Revolutionary Guards and its intelligence service. It was also an opportunity to criticize the government, which, according to the Conservatives, has put too much faith in the Americans during the negotiations on the nuclear deal and is paying the price today.