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"I find it hard to believe that a festival of this kind can actually exist in the world," said the Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadi in the course of introducing the first U.S. showing of his film "A Separation."

High-Altitude Viewing Joe Morgenstern 2011

After seeing Asghar Farhadi's film at Telluride, I called it a world-class masterpiece, and I'll expand on that extravagant praise next Friday.

The Year's Best Movie: It's From Iran Joe Morgenstern 2011

A woman answering the cell phone of Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's senior envoy to the agency, said Soltanieh "wishes to give no interviews" after the caller identified himself as an AP reporter and before the reporter could say what the call was about.

Diplomats: Nuclear agency fears Iran hackers 2011

Associated Press Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh The IAEA devoted considerable space to what it calls the "possible military dimensions" of Iran's nuclear program, noting that "there are indications that certain undisclosed nuclear related activities may have continued beyond 2004."

Iran Nuclear Progress Report 2011

When Iranian director Asghar Farhadi was directing "A Separation" in late 2010, he got into hot water when he made remarks in support of some banned colleagues at a local film festival.

An Acclaimed Movie, a Marketing Challenge Rachel Dodes 2012

Asghar Farhadi's A Separation is a political film.

E. Nina Rothe: Why A Separation Will Win This Year's Best Foreign Language Oscar E. Nina Rothe 2011

In Coney Island, Asghar Choudhri, a Pakistani-American, was appalled to hear the price.

A Ban Lifted, King of Fruit Makes Debut Sumathi Reddy 2011

Associated Press Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh The IAEA devoted considerable space to what it calls the "possible military dimensions" of Iran's nuclear program, noting that "there are indications that certain undisclosed nuclear related activities may have continued beyond 2004."

Iran Nuclear Progress Report 2011

But when I first watched Asghar Farhadi's A Separation at this year's Abu Dhabi Film Festival, I felt the film was destined for the golden statuette, and for all the quintessential reasons why films end up winning the coveted Academy Award race.

E. Nina Rothe: Why A Separation Will Win This Year's Best Foreign Language Oscar E. Nina Rothe 2011

Associated Press Director Asghar Farhad "I'd like people to see the film as a film without bearing the experiences of the director on their shoulder," he said.

An Acclaimed Movie, a Marketing Challenge Rachel Dodes 2012