Robbins slams Trump's immigration policies, Muslim travel ban
Los Angeles, July 1: Actor-director Tim Robbins has expressed outrage at US immigration policies and the Supreme Courts new ruling allowing President Donald Trump’s travel ban on some predominantly Muslim countries to stand.
"That Supreme Court decision will be remembered as a disgrace," Robbins said at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival on Saturday, reports variety.com.
Robbins, who is getting the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Contribution to World Cinema honour at the gala, recently staged with The Actors' Gang theater ensemble in a play called "The New Colossus". The play, inspired by hundreds of immigrants' stories, was staged by the plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty, professing to welcome the world's teeming masses.
At the Karlovy Vary film fest, he is screening a film he wrote and directed that celebrates working class artists, "Cradle Will Rock", and another that sends up dishonest, populist political candidates, "Bob Roberts".
He said he is still surprised at how accurate "Bob Roberts" turned out to be.
Asked whether his outspoken beliefs on progressive causes have harmed his career, the actor-director said he wasn't sure. But, he added, if he didn't speak up when he encountered injustice, "I don't know that I would like myself very much. To know something and to not say anything, to me, is a betrayal of what a democracy is."
Robbins is currently developing an original script that explores "faith versus hypocrisy".
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Iran warns of ‘uncontrollable consequences’ after energy site strike
Qatar warns residents of ‘Elavated’ threat
Tehran/Doha: Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian has warned that attacks on the country’s energy infrastructure could lead to “uncontrollable consequences” affecting the entire world.
In a post on X, Pezeshkian said he “strongly condemns” the strikes that targeted the South Pars gasfield earlier in the day.
“Such aggressive actions will not achieve anything for the American Zionist enemy and their supporters. Rather, they will complicate the situation and could lead to uncontrollable consequences that will affect the entire world,” he said.
Meanwhile, Qatar’s Ministry of Interior has urged residents to remain indoors due to what it described as an elevated security threat.
Authorities have not provided further details, but the advisory comes amid growing concerns over the safety of energy infrastructure and civilian areas in the region.
