The Iranian film A cube of sugar will not compete for an Oscar for best foreign-language film early next year. The government in Tehran has withdrawn the film from the battle for the statue, Culture Minister Mohammed Hosseini said on Monday, according to the ISNA news agency. He hopes that other Islamic countries will follow the Iranian example.
Tehran is no longer participating in the battle for the Oscars out of anger over the film Innocence of Muslims, which was produced in the United States.

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