Iranian Oscar nominee caught up in Trump's banOscar nominee Asghar Farhadi will be unable to attend the Academy Awards ceremony next month, following United States President Donald Trump's decision to temporarily ban citizens from seven Muslim countries from entering the US. Farhadi, an Iranian director whose film A Separation won an Oscar for best foreign-language film in 2012, is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film for The Salesman. READ MORE* Iranian actor to boycott Oscars over Donald Trump's visa ban* Top 5: When Kiwis made us proud at the Oscars* Oscars 2017: who got snubbed and who got a nice surprise? "Confirmed: Iran's Asghar Farhadi won't be let into the US to attend Oscar's. Whether this will include a cultural event or not,I won't attend the #AcademyAwards 2017 in protest pic.twitter.com/CW3EF6mupo — Taraneh Alidoosti (@t_alidoosti) January 26, 2017- Stuff

Source: Stuff January 29, 2017 01:35 UTC