Excerpt from Asghar Farhadi's Oscar speech for his film 'A Separation':
"At this time, many Iranians all over tehe world are watching us and I imagine them to be very happy. They are happy not just because of an important award of a film or film-maker, but because at a 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."