Asghar Farhadi, whose film The Salesman has been nominated in the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards, cannot attend the Oscars ceremony because he is Muslim. The president of the National Iranian American Council Trita Parsi tweeted yesterday that it is confirmed that Farhadi wouldn't be let into the United States of America to attend the Oscars ceremony. Confirmed: Iran's Asghar Farhadi won't be let into the US to attend Oscar's. WATCH trailer of 'The Salesman', directed by Asghar FarhadiFarhadi only has an Iranian passport with him and no US 'green card'. Asghar Farhadi is an eminent, multiple award-winning Iranian filmmaker whose 2011 film A Separation won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Source: India Today January 29, 2017 06:10 UTC