Anti-Iranian Hollywood film "300" has reportedly been dubbed into Persian to be shown and discussed on the Iranian state TV Channel 4.

Veteran dubbers Parviz and Manuchehr Rabiei, Minoo Ghaznavi, and some others contributed to the project headed by Mahmud Qanbari, Iran's Mehr News Agency reported on Sunday.

A flagrant affront to the pride of Iranian nation, the Hollywood movie has provoked the anger of Iranian people all across the globe, who believe "300" insults their ancient culture.

Many historians have called the Warner Bros. film an imprecise narration of history and politically motivated.

Based on a graphic novel by Frank Miller and directed by Zach Snyder, "300" tells the story of 300 Spartans who fight the Iranian king Xerxes and his Persian army.

Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance has called the movie "downright insulting" to the Iranian nation.

Mohammad-Hossein Saffar Harandi said in a meeting with his staff on Tuesday that the response from Iranian artists to the creators of the film will be fair and "magnanimous."

"Some [people] have created a disgraceful film while pursuing a personal vendetta against the Iranian people," Saffar Harandi told reporters who were present at the meeting.

"Westerners have acknowledged that, while they were living in the dark ages, Iranians were far ahead of them thanks to their great scientists and prominent scholars," he said.

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