Iranian director sent prominent Iranian-American engineers to accept his Oscar – Washington Post

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Engineer and astronaut Anousheh Ansari, left, and former NASA scientist Firouz Naderi accept best foreign language film for The Salesman on behalf of director Asghar Farhadi. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Ashgar Farhadi won his second Oscar, but he decided not to attend tonights ceremony afterPresident Trump signed an executive order barring visa-holders from Iran and six other countries to enter the United States.

In his place, Farhadi sent two prominent Iranian-Americans in his place to the ceremony:Anousheh Ansari, the first female private space traveler, andFirouz Naderi, a former director at NASA.

Ansari read from a statement written by Farhadi. Its a great honor to be receiving this valuable award for the second time. I would like to thank the members of the Academy, my crew in Iran, and others involved in the film, The Salesman.

She continued reading the statement:

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