Trump pushed the "Muslim ban", why did Iranian film directors miss the Oscar?

The 89th Academy Awards will be held in Los Angeles on February 26th. At this year's Academy Awards, an Iranian film named Salesman was shortlisted for the Best Foreign Language Film Award. However, Asgar farhadi, the director of the film, and a group of actors in the film will not be able to attend the award ceremony due to Trump's executive order restricting the entry of refugees.

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In response to Trump's "Muslim ban", Iranian director Farhadi recently issued a statement in The New York Times, saying that even if the United States made an exception and let him and his team enter the United States to attend the ceremony, he would not go.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the organizer of the Oscar, said in a statement? This award is to praise the achievements of all filmmakers in the world, regardless of country, religion or race. " Farhadi and his team couldn't come to the ceremony, which made the organizers feel very troubled.

The movie Salesman tells the story of a couple living in a residential building, where a large-scale project will be carried out. The young couple have to move out of this suite in the center of Tehran and move into another new house. An accident related to the former tenant changed the young couple's life dramatically.

This is the second time that Farhadi has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. His film A Farewell to Me won the 20 12 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay.