The Muslim ban enacted by President Donald Trump will keep the Iranian director of an Oscar-nominated film from this year’s ceremony, according to reports.
Farhadi’s film The Salesman is nominated in the Foreign Language category alongside Land of Mine in their apartment.
The Salesman’s co-lead Alidoosti previously revealed she would boycott the ceremony because of Trump’s ‘racist’ visa ban.
Trump has ordered a four-month ban on all refugees from entering the country as well as enacting an indefinite ban on all those who hail from Syria.