US officials tweet, delete praise for Iranian Oscar winner
The US State Department's Persian-language Twitter account has tweeted and then deleted a congratulatory message for the Oscar win by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi. "We...removed the post to avoid any misperception that the USG [US government] endorsed the comments," officials said. Farhadi had boycotted the Oscars ceremony and criticised President Donald Trump's travel ban as "inhumane". 