Trending Now: Meaning behind Oscar pin worn by Javier Bardem he first wore 23 years ago – Fans React

Attending the 98th Academy Awards tonight (15 March), Javier Bardem sported a ‘No a la Guerra’ badge on the red carpet.

Alongside a pin supporting Palestine, the Spanish actor’s protest pin translates to ‘No to war’.

He made this message clear in his opening remarks as he presented the Oscar for Best International Feature alongside Priyanka Chopra, saying: “No to war, and free Palestine.”

The 57-year-old received a huge round of applause for this from the audience at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, as the US conflict with Iran continues as well as following the intervention in conflicts between Israel and Palestine.

Bardem originally wore the same ‘No a la Guerra’ patch back in 2003 to protest ‘the illegal war of Iraq’. This time, he wears it the condemn the current war in Iran.

He wore the same badge at the Goya Awards in 2003. (Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

“I’m wearing a pin that I used in 2003 with the Iraq war,” he said to reporters on the red carpet, “which was an illegal war. And we are here, 23 years after, with another illegal war [led] by Trump and Netanyahu, and creating a lot of damage and innocent people being killed and bombed.”

He added that his second badge is for a ‘Palestine symbol of resistance’. The pin features a drawing of Handala which is a character created by Palestinian newspaper cartoonist Naji al-Ali back in 1969.

Earlier in the awards season, Bardem spoke to Variety of his passion for the movement.

“Here I am today, denouncing the genocide in Gaza,” Bardem said. “I am talking about the IAGS, the International Association of Genocide Scholars, who study thoroughly genocide and has declared it is a genocide. That’s why we ask for a commercial and diplomatic blockade and also sanctions on Israel to stop the genocide. Free Palestine.”

Javier Bardem at the 98th Oscars tonight. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)