One of the nominees at this year's Oscars will reportedly be unable to attend thanks to President Donald Trump's Muslim ban.

Asghar Farhadi, who directed and wrote Oscar-nominated film The Salesman, allegedly won't be at the Oscars this year due to President Trump's new executive order suspending Muslims from certain countries from entering the United States. Farhadi is from Iran, one of the countries banned.

Trita Parsi, leader of the National Iranian American Council, tweeted Saturday that Farhadi won't be able to attend the Oscars:

The countries listed as part of President Trump's Muslim ban includes Iran, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen. The suspension lasts for 90 days, "to ensure that those approved for refugee admission do not pose a threat to the security and welfare of the United States," says the order.

"We don't want them here," President Trump said at the signing of the order, discussing Islamic terrorists. "We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country, and love deeply our people."

Farhadi's film, The Salesman, is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film, where it will compete against Denmark's Land of Mine, Sweden's A Man Called Ove, Australia's Tanna and Germany's Toni Erdmann. It remains to be seen if a statement will be made at the Oscars regardless of whether Farhadi's The Salesman ends up winning.

Farhadi previously won this category before for his highly acclaimed 2011 film A Separation, which was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

The 89th Academy Awards will take place Sunday, Feb. 26, airing at 8:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. PT on ABC, with host Jimmy Kimmel.

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