An Iranian director whose film is nominated for an Oscar has said he would not attend the ceremony even if he were granted permission to go despite US President Donald Trump's travel ban. Asghar Farhadi's film The Salesman is up for best foreign language film at next month's ceremony in Los Angeles. Trump's decision to ban nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US had thrown into doubt whether the Iranian cast and crew could attend. But Farhadi has now told The New York Times that although he had intended to attend the ceremony, "the possibility of this presence is being accompanied by ifs and buts which are in no way acceptable to me even if exceptions were to be made for my trip". The film-maker said: "I would therefore like to convey via this statement what I would have expressed to the press were I to travel to the United States. "Hard-liners, despite their nationalities, political arguments and wars, regard and understand the world in very much the same way. "In order to understand the world, they have no choice but to regard it via an 'us and them' mentality, which they use to create a fearful image of 'them' and inflict fear in the people of...
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