ROTFL: Iran boycotting Oscars due to Academy's failure to condemn Innocence of Muslims
Despite tough censorship and the repression of leading film makers, Iranian art cinema has earned international acclaim over the past 20 years. Asghar Farhadi's "A Separation" won the Oscar for best foreign language film in February, the first Iranian film to do so.Boo Hoo.
Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Hosseini said Iran would boycott the next Academy Awards "to protest against the making of a film insulting the Prophet and because of the organizers' failure to take an official position (against the film)," the Iranian Students' News Agency reported.
He also urged other Islamic countries to boycott the Oscars.
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"The position that Western politicians have adopted on these great insults are no different from a position of enmity," Iranian media quoted Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as saying on Monday.
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:04 PM
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Chris Matthews will blame this on Romney.
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