29 Mar 2024
Wednesday 1 March 2017 - 15:21
Story Code : 253166

How Iran's hard-line media reacted to Oscar win

Al-Monitor|Rohollah Faghihi: On Feb. 27, aroundsix in the morning, many Iranians were awake waiting to see if Iran would win its second Oscar. Finally, it was announced. Asghar Farhadis The Salesman won the Best Foreign Language Film award. Social networks burst into happiness, and Iranians celebrated this event as once again Irans culture became global.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was the first to congratulate Farhadi and the Iranian nation on this success. Various figures, including politicians, athletes and artists, published congratulatory messages on their personal social network pages. While everyone was happy, Irans state TV, managed by hard-liners, was struggling with how to cover this piece of news, as the outfit worn byAnousheh Ansari, who accepted the Oscar on behalf of Farhadi, wasnt appropriate in their eyes. Finally, after a few hours, state TV ran a story about Farhadis triumph without showing a picture of Ansari or the Oscar ceremony.

Ansari, famed for being the first female space tourist, and Firouz Naderi, a former director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA, were Farhadis representatives at this year's Academy Awards.

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