Director Oliver stone has been given the go ahead by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to make a biopic about him. Reports suggested Ahmadinejad was unhappy with the idea of the Platoon director turning his life into a film after his country's film officials called Stone "part of the Great Satan." But on Tuesday (28Aug07), the Iranian leader explained he had no objection in principle if the Oscar-winner wanted to make a film about him. Ahmadinejad told a news conference, "I have no objection, generally speaking, but they have to let me know what are the frameworks. They should talk to my colleagues." Ahmadinejad, the son of a blacksmith, became Iran's President in 2005 after serving in the country's Revolutionary Guards and then serving as the Mayor of Tehran. Stone is s threee time Academy Award winning director he won an Oscar for directing for his movie Platoon in 1986 and Born on the Fourth of July in 1989. He also won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1987 for Midnight Express.

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