State Department tweets then deletes congratulations to Oscar-winning Iranian director

The U.S. State Department tweeted then deleted a message congratulating an Iranian director who used his Oscars acceptance speech to slam President Trump.

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The State Department's Persian-language Twitter account, @USAdarFarsi, congratulated Asghar Farhadi, who won the Academy Award for best foreign-language film for "The Salesman." 

Persian-language @StateDept Twitter account @USAdarFarsi issues, then deletes congratulations for #Iran film director's #Oscar winhttp://pic.twitter.com/xhQlY5RoXn

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