Iranian stunt group known as Stunt 13 has been lauded at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Award (SAG) for outstanding action performances.
Tehran-based Stunt 13 team including two stuntmen and a stuntwoman along with some 100 other stunts was hailed for performing some of the more hard stunts in the action flickSkyfall.
The group beats out some explosion and fight scene heavy rivals in the movies of The Dark Knight Rises, The Bourne Legacy and The Amazing Spider-Man as well as one battle scene intensive musical Les Misérables.
Skyfalls award winning stunt group garnered the prize at the annual ceremony of the event held on January 27, 2013.
The projects stunt co-ordinator Gary Powell expressed his special thanks to the Iranian team for their extremely amazing performances.
Last year the Stunt 13 ensemble was invited to join the Bond movie for performing some scenes in Turkey, the group member Amir Reza Badri told ISNA.
Stunt 13 team, including Arsha Aqdasi, Mahsa Ahmadi and Amir Reza Badri, has appeared in several TV advertisements and prominent Iranian movies such as Free Fall, Icy Heart,Crime and The Maritime Silk Road .