Iranian Oscar recipient Asghar Farhadi's speech at the Academy Awards

Iranian Director Asghar Farhadi’s film, Separation, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.   We at Fellowship of Reconciliation share our gratitude with all who respect and love Iranian culture and art for the victory of “Separation”.  Fardahi is the first Iranian who has received an Oscar.  As a messenger of peace from the land of love and poetry, Farhadi shared his message with American and Iranian lovers of of art and of peace.

At this time, many Iranians all over the world are watching us and I imagine them to be very happy. They are happy not just because of an important award or a film or filmmaker, but because at the time when talk of war, intimidation, and aggression is exchanged between politicians, the name of their country Iran is spoken here through her glorious culture, a rich and ancient culture that has been hidden under the heavy dust of politics. I proudly offer this award to the people of my country, a people who respect all cultures and civilizations and despise hostility and resentment.

Thank you Asghar Farhadi, for calling out politics on both sides.   It is time for peace and justice to embrace the people of Iran.