Visa ban restricts Iranian director from attending Oscars
January 29, 2017  10:14
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Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, who wrote and directed the 2017 Oscar-nominated foreign language film The Salesman, would not be able to enter the United States for the awards under President Donald Trump's recently enacted travel ban.

The 2017 Oscars will take place on February 26.

Farhadi's film A Separation won an Academy Award for best foreign film in 2012. The Salesman -- the title a reference to Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman -- tells the story of a young couple, who play the lead roles in the play. 

On Thursday, after Trump proposed the bans, Iranian star of The Salesman Taraneh Alidoosti announced that she would not attend the awards as a boycott.
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