Iran boycotted the award "Oscar" to protest against the film "innocent Muslims"

CAIRO, September 25. /ITAR-TASS /. Iran is boycotting the award "Oscar" in 2013 in protest against the anti-Islamic film that shook the entire Muslim world. Said today the Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini.

He called on other countries to boycott the award "Oscar". Earlier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the tape "innocent Muslims" crime and misuse of the freedom of speech.

After appearing on the Internet in the United States created a picture of the prophet Muhammad in a number of Muslim countries, including Libya, Egypt, Tunisia and Sudan, a wave of anti-American protests. The attack on the U.S. consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three employees of the diplomatic mission.

The American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and named in February this year the best foreign film of the work of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi "Parting." This picture brought Iran a second nomination and the first in the history of the award "Oscar".