Filmmaker Oliver Stone praises Brazil for efforts to negotiate with Iran on nuclear program

Director Stone praises Brazil for Iran mediation

BRASILIA, Brazil — Filmmaker Oliver Stone on Tuesday praised Brazil’s efforts to mediate with Iran on its nuclear program, as he visited the South American nation.

Stone was in Brazil to promote his documentary “South of the Border” about leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his allies.

He met Tuesday in the Brazilian capital of Brasilia with presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, who polls favor to succeed President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

“This Iran situation could be another Iraq,” Stone said, according to a transcript of comments provided by Rousseff’s staff. “Seems to me the United States is interested in another march to war. I love what Lula and Brazil are doing.”

Brazil and Turkey have brokered a fuel-swap with Iran to address concerns it may be enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. U.S. officials have criticized the agreement, in part because it does not stop Iran from continuing to enrich uranium.