Iran Video and Pictures: „A Separation“ Wins Oscar for Best Foreign-Language Film

On Sunday night, Ashgar Farhadi’s A Separation won the Oscar for Best Foreign-Lanugage Film. Accepting the award, Farhadi delivered a short speech in English, „At this time many Iranians around the world are watching us, and I imagine them to be very happy….At a time when talk of war, aggression, and intimidation is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country Iran is spoken here through her glorious culture“.

In Iran, even Fars, the outlet linked to the Revolutionary Guards, is joining in the celebrations, noting Farhadi’s dedication of the award to the „values shared by all cultures and civilisations“.

Iranian overseas celebrate the moment of victory: