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Iranian director and screenwriter Asghar Farhadi, whose film "The Salesman" earned a Golden Globes nomination and is now up for an Academy Award , will not attend the awards ceremony and condemns President Donald Trump's executive order suspending entry into the United States for refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority.
"To humiliate one nation with the pretext of guarding the security of another is not a new phenomenon in history and has always laid the groundwork for the creation of future divide and enmity," Farhadi said in a statement. See his entire statement below.
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Farhadi, whose previous film "A Separation" earned both a Golden Globe and Oscar for best foreign language film, was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in 2012.
In a statement, the Academy of Motion Pictures & Sciences, called the impact of Trump's executive order "troubling."
"The Academy celebrates achievement in the art of filmmaking, which seeks to transcend borders and speak to audiences around the world, regardless of national, ethnic, or religious differences," the statement said. "As supporters of filmmakers — and the human rights of all people — around the globe, we find it extremely troubling that Asghar Farhadi, the director of the Oscar-winning film from Iran 'A Separation,' along with the cast and crew of this year's Oscar-nominated film The Salesman, could be barred from entering the country because of their religion or country of origin."
