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A couple of Iranian hard-line newspapers criticised Asghar Farhadi's best foreign film Oscar, claiming "politics" earned him the award.
One of the dailies said US President Donald Trump's executive order to ban entry for citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, was behind the award for The Salesman. Another said "Farhadi owes Donald Trump and the Democrats' media propaganda for his second Oscar", arguing that the Oscar was an individual's achievement rather than the success of Iranian cinema. This particular newspaper is considered close to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and hard-liners who have disapproved of Farhadi's art and the speech delivered in his name at the Oscars.
This was the second Oscar for Farhadi, who boycotted the ceremony in protest of Trump's order.

A couple of Iranian hard-line newspapers criticised Asghar Farhadi's best foreign film Oscar, claiming&nbsp;"politics"&nbsp;earned him the award

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A couple of Iranian hard-line newspapers criticised Asghar Farhadi's best foreign film Oscar, claiming&nbsp;"politics"&nbsp;earned him the award

Oscars 2017: Brickbats for Asghar Farhadi back home

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