This was followed by a statement from the Tribeca Film Festival, calling the executive order heartbreaking and unacceptable.
Farhadi previously won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 2012 forA Separation.
FarhadisThe Salesmanactress, Taraneh Alidoosti, recently said she will boycott the Oscars in protest of Trumps policy.
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Trumps visa ban for Iranians is racist.
They are all human, Farhadi said during an interview withVoxin November.
When politics dominates humanity, then it becomes Americans versus non-Americans or immigrants.
