Petr Lom was allowed to follow Iran President Ahmadinejad on his trips around rural Iran where he preaches his domestic populism and anti-US foreign policy. The mass support in the countryside is astounding. As part of his strategy, Ahmadinejad has set up a Presidential Letter writing centre that purports to solve the personal problems of ordinary Iranians. The centre has received more than 10 million letters, which are usually requests for economic help. The administrators from the centre tell us they are largely successful in answering the letters and solving their problems. Soon, however, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems. Those who come to the centre hoping to get help see that bureaucratic incompetence and empty promises are the real results of most letters to the President.

After the screening Amnesty International invites you to a debate entitled Iran Today – 30 Years After the Revolution held on 17 May 2009 at 5:45 pm following the screening of the film Letters to the President.