The visa restrictions introduced by US President Donald Trump and the global protests against the racist decision also received great coverage.
A top story today was the decision made by Asghar Farhadi, the acclaimed Iranian filmmaker whose film has been nominated for Best Foreign Language film Oscar this year, to boycott the upcoming Academy Awards ceremony in protest at Trumps visa ban, which includes Iranian citizens.
The above issues, as well as many more, are highlighted in the following headlines:
Afkar:
1- Parliament Speaker: US Government Suffers from Fear of Itself
2- Swiss Envoy to Tehran Summoned to Foreign Ministry over Trumps Visa Ban
Aftab-e Yazd:
1- From Qazipour [conservative Iranian MP] to Zuckerberg against Trumps Decision!
2- Asghar Farhadi: I Wont Attend Oscars Ceremony
3- Governments Biggest Pain Is the Words It Uses: Vice-Speaker of Irans Parliament
Amin:
1- Massive Protests against Trumps Executive Order
Arman-e Emrooz:
1- Leaders Message in Praise of Firefighters Sacrifice: These Martyrs Will Never Be Forgotten
2- Rouhani in a Big Test. He Has a Role beyond a President in May Presidential Elections: Politician
3- US Outraged by Trump; Swiss Envoy Summoned to Irans Foreign Ministry over US Muslim Ban
Bahar:
1- Trumps Bubble Getting Bigger: US Presidents Big Steps to Fulfil Campaign Promises
Ebtekar:
1- Once upon a Time America: World Reacts to Trumps Visa Ban for Citizens of 7 Muslim States
Etemad:
1- What Will Happen to Confidential Memoirs of Ayatollah Rafsanjani? His Son Says Their Release Can Be Negotiated with Senior Figures of Establishment
2- Asghar Farhadi in Protest at Trumps Visa Ban: Im No Exception, I Wont Come to US
3- Parliament Speakers Reaction to Iranian Actresss Move to Boycott Oscars Ceremony: Our Artists Position Was Symbol of National Pride
4- US vs. US: American Airports Turn to Hubs for Peoples Massive Protests against Visa Ban
Ettelaat:
1- Brave Firefighters Reminiscent of Those Who Sacrificed Their Lives during Iran-Iraq War in 1980s: Leader
2- Iran Officially Protests at Trumps Racist Decision
3- Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union (IIPU): Quds Is Muslim Communitys Spiritual Capital
Haft-e Sobh:
1- 25 Documented Stories about Trumps Decision: Sahars Old Parents Arrested, Googles Support for Sanaz, Fate of National Teams Defender, and Rudy Giuliani
2- Taraneh Alidousti Makes It Difficult for Asghar Farhadi [to decide about his travel to US for Oscars ceremony]: Iranian Director Expected to Make Most Difficult Decision of His Life
Iran:
1- Farhadi Withdraws from Attending Oscars Ceremony: I Thereby Express My Disgust over Unfair Conditions Imposed on Iranians and Citizens of 6 Other Countries for Entering US
2- Academy Awards: Were Seriously Troubled by Possible Ban on Farhadis Entry to US as Supporter of Filmmakers and Human Rights
3- Fact-Finding Committee Formed for Plasco Incident
4- Hollande: I Warned Trump and Asked Him to Respect Nuclear Deal
Jame Jam:
1- Irans Leader Urges People to Remember Selfless and Devoted Heroes and Learn Lessons from Their Sacrifice
2- Trumps Islamophobia: Wave of Criticisms against US Presidents Policies Continues
Javan:
1- Intl Community against American Democracy
2- Zarif: We Saw How US Is Friend of Iranian People!
3- Trumps Reaction to US Media Protests: Let This FAKE News and Failing New York Times Fold!
Jomhouri Eslami:
1- Trumps Policies Unites the World against US
2- Seminary Students and Teachers Hold Protest Rally to Condemn Bahraini Regimes Suppression of Revolutionaries and Insults to Sheikh Isa Qassim
3- Europe Defends Iran Nuclear Deal against Trump
Kayhan:
1- Least Expectation from the Government: Ban Entry of US Citizens to Iran
2- US and Saudi Arabia Competing with Each Other in Slaughtering People in Yemen
Khorasan:
1- Those Killed While Serving People Wont Be Forgotten: Irans Leader
2- Tension in Airports and Global Protests against Trumps Immigration Order
Resalat:
1- Funeral Service for Heavenly Firefighters
2- Californias Independence Begins: Trump, the Messenger of US Disintegration
Shahrvand:
1- One Village of Help: Rescue Workers and People in a Village in Irans Western City of Sardasht Save 6 People Entrapped under Avalanche
Shargh:
1- Asghar Farhadi Withdraws from Academy Awards
2- Larijani Praises Taraneh Alidousti
3- French FM to Visit Iran
