Iranian Actress Boycotts Oscars To Protest Trump’s Travel Ban
Actress Taraneh Alidoosti poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Forushande (The Salesman) at the 69th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 21, 2016. (AP/Joel Ryan)
(REPORT) — The Iranian star of the Oscar-nominated film The Salesman on Thursday said she would boycott the awards in protest at President Donald Trump’s “racist” ban on Muslim immigrants.
