The eagerly awaited premiere of Iran's multimillion-dollar film "Muhammad" about the childhood of the prophet was postponed Wednesday for 24 hours due to technical problems, a spokesman said. The huge production cost an estimated $40 million and took more than seven years to complete.
The 171-minute film, which stars many top Iranian actors, was due to show in around 140 theaters throughout Iran on Wednesday, the day before it opens the Montreal Film Festival. But it will now be screened in Tehran on Thursday, just as in Canada, a spokesman for the film told AFP.