Co-directors of Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni said in a social media post they had been hoping to get Shahverdi to L.A. but that the combination of the U.S. visa ban for people from Iran and the current situation in their country had made it impossible.
“Due to the U.S. travel ban, along with the many ongoing circumstances in Iran, Sara Shahverdi is not able to be present at the Oscars. We truly hoped to be together after eight years of working on this film side by side, but unfortunately, that won’t be possible,” they wrote.
News of Shahverdi’s absence came as Israel announced its joint military campaign in Iran with the U.S. was entering a “new stage…
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