Mehdavian was not granted permission to make the film
While Mohammad Hossein Mehdavian intended to make a film based on Albert Camus’ novel The Stranger, news from the authorities indicates that the screenplay for this film has been rejected
Mehdi Yazdani Khorram, who is co-writing the screenplay with Mehdavian, wrote in a part of his note protesting this decision: Mr. Habib Ilbeigi, the head of the Cinema Licensing Council, why has the more controversial screenplay, which is a free adaptation of Camus’ novel, been banned under your leadership, and has the circle become so narrow that it no longer tolerates anything foreign?