Read Asghar Farhadis Powerful Oscar Speech Condemning the Travel Ban
Asghar Farhadi's movie The Salesman won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film on Sunday, but the Iranian filmmaker was not present to accept it. Instead, he asked Anousheh Ansari to give a speech on his behalf, condemning Donald Trump's executive order banning migrants from seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S. Read the full text of Farhadi's statement here