An Iranian Film Grasps ‘1st Oscar’

A man looks at a poster of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi placed in the window of a bookstore in central Tehran, Iran, Feb. 27, 2012, to congratulate the country’s first Oscar win by “A Separation”.

“A Separation”, directed by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards ceremony held in downtown Los Angeles, the United States, Sunday night. <Photo: Xinhua/Ahmad Halabisaz>

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