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...security measures, he was stuck at home in Tehran. Asked about the matter, Kiarostami gives a modest shrug of resignation. "Perhaps you should write a piece on the role of terrorists in filmmaking," he says. New U.S. immigration rules require a 90-day background check on some visa applicants, making it especially difficult for men from Muslim countries to obtain entry permits. When Kiarostami - whose 1997 Taste of Cherry won the best picture award at Cannes - submitted his visa request at the U.S. embassy in Paris, he learned he would not be granted one before December. Another director might have...
...assisted Kiarostami in the visa procedure by extending an official invitation, said HFA Assistant Curator Steffen Pierce...
...embassy denied his visa because, after Sept. 11, Iran was placed on a list of sensitive countries whose citizens are subject to background checks that require about three months to complete...
Though Kiarostami knew the background checks could not be completed in time for the debut, he had assumed that because he frequently travels to the U.S., there would be no problem with getting his visa in time, said Graham Leggat, communications director for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, which runs the film festival...
...done before other U.S. visits, including a May 2000 interview at the HFA, Kiarostami waited until a few weeks before the conference to travel to Paris and apply for a visa at the U.S. Embassy...