Iranian director Asghar Farhadi — whose film “The Salesman” is nominated for an Academy Award — may not be able to attend the awards ceremony in February in Los Angeles due to President Donald Trump‘s travel ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries. More
Asghar Farhadi, the Oscar-nominated director of the movie The Salesman, reportedly won’t be able to attend the 2017 Academy Awards next month due to President Donald Trump‘s “Muslim ban.”
Trump is refusing access to the United States for people from seven Muslim countries….
Reacting to reports that Iranian director Asghar Farhadi could be prevented from attending the 89th Academy Awards where his film The Salesman is nominated as best foreign language film, the Motion Picture Academy today said that the situation is “extremely troubling.” More