TAKHT-I JAMSHID, IRAN: TO GO WITH AFP FEATURE LIFESTYLE-IRAN-US-FILM: A general view taken 15 December 2004 shows the ruins of the “hall of hundred columns”, in the ancient Persian city of Persepolis (Takht-i Jamshid), near Shiraz in southwestern Iran. Persepolis was the main royal residence and ceremonial center of the Achaemenid empire of Persia (550-330 BC), but was later burned and plundered by Alexander the Great in 330 BC. Some Iranians are up in arms again at the United States, this time because of Hollywood’s version of Alexander the Great’s conquest of ancient Persia. The movie “Alexander” has yet to appear in Iran, but in Shiraz — not far from Persepolis — it is likely to upset a people who prefer to see their Persian forefathers as the founders of civilisation and a matter of national pride. AFP PHOTO/BEHROUZ MEHRI (Photo credit should read BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)
