IFP- Six years after the release of Argo (2012), Irans state TV has started making a new series on the US embassy takeover in Tehran to give an appropriate response to the American film which distorted an important period of time in US-Iran relations in the early days of the Islamic Revolution. Argo, the 2012 film by Ben Affleck which won the Academy ...

Marking the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979, the Central Intelligence Agencytweetedseveral facts that were misrepresented in the 2012 Hollywood adaptation of the incident, Argo. Supporters of the Iranian Revolution fueled by an anti-American climate sweeping the country stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran on Nov.4 of ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV dismissed the Oscar-winning film "Argo" on Monday as an "advertisement for the CIA" and some Iranians called the award a political statement by America for its unflattering portrayal of the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And while "Argo" has not appeared in any Iranian cinema, there has been no shortage ...

Inresponseto last years Oscar-winning filmArgo, based on the real-life rescue of a handful of American citizens during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Tehran plansto sue Hollywood filmmakers who participate in the production of such anti-Iran propaganda films. In the movie, in which director Ben Affleck also plays the lead role, Iranian officials are ...

Will a lawsuit from Iran rain on the Argo parade? According to multiple Iranian news reports, offended officials are contemplating a lawsuit against Hollywood over the allegedly unrealistic portrayal of the nation in Ben Afflecks political thriller, which took home Best Picture at last months Academy Awards. French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre ...

TEHRAN As the trailer for Argo, an Oscar contender and a thorn in the side of the Iranian government, played in a conference room in a hotel here this month, Mehdi Tondro shook his head in disapproval. A self-described specialist in anti-Iranian and anti-Islamic films, he fumed over scenes of angry Iranians storming the gates of the American Embassy ...

On a recent evening in Tehran, a movie night among friends turned into a heated political debate: Could Iran and the U.S. ever get past the hostage crisis of 1979? The group had just finished watching a bootleg DVD of "Argo," the Hollywood hit depicting the 444-day siege by Iranian students of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the story of how the ...

(Reuters) -Iranhostage drama "Argo" continued its trophy-winning streak on Saturday, taking the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards in the latest boost to its chances at the Oscars. Guild picks regularly go on to win at the film industry's most prestigious event - for the last five years, the producers' choice of best-produced film has taken the ...

LOS ANGELES Iran's announcement that it will make its own film to counter the "distorted" thriller "Argo" is fueling a debate about Hollywood and historical accuracy, sparked by Ben Affleck's Oscar-tipped movie. The film, which won the top two Golden Globes last weekend and is nominated for seven prizes at next month's Academy Awards, tells the story ...

Irannews headlines on Monday include Iran Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance remarks over countryremovingUSD, Euro from its trade exchanges;Mostafa Tajzadeh advocating raise of the issue of free election in Iran; Mehmanparast speech onIAEA delegation visiting Tehran on Wednesday; Ben Affleck statementover Irans plan for Argo response film is ...

Director flattered by Iran's plansfor film about 1979 US hostage crisis, as Argo continues run of success at Golden Globes ArgodirectorBen Affleckhasdescribed suggestions thatIranis planning a film telling the other side of the1979-81 hostage crisis as a "badge of honour"for his critically acclaimed drama. Speaking at the weekend prior to his ...

(CNN)-- Ben Affleck has more than just a couple of Golden Globes to add to his resume. His movie "Argo," about the suspenseful rescue of U.S. diplomats during the Iran hostage crisis, has also achieved the unusual honor of prompting Tehran to produce its own cinematic response. "Argo" wasnamed best drama movieduring the Golden Globes ceremony on ...

Ben Affleck won a surprise double at last nights Golden Globes, securing the Best Film (Drama) and Best Director prizes for his Iran hostage drama,Argo. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which awards the Globes, preferred Afflecks optimistic depiction of the CIA to the agencys darker, more ambivalent portrayal inZero Dark Thirty. Kathryn ...

TEHRAN A tough week forBen Affleckjust got tougher. First, he was snubbed in the Oscar nominations on Thursday, overlooked in the best director race for Argo, his film about theCentral Intelligence Agencys extraction of six American diplomats from revolutionary Tehran. Now, news reports from Tehran say the Iranian government is planning to finance ...

By The New Republic A few weeks ago on this site,Mark Bowden saidthe movieArgowas brilliant and captures the moment [of the Iranian hostage crisis] perfectly. It is a movie about a small charade played out in the middle of the larger one, the rescue of six Americans who walked away from the [American] embassy on the day of the takeover and hid inside ...

By Los Angeles Times The film 'Argo,' directed by Ben Affleck, tells the story of the rescue of six diplomats who escaped as the American Embassy in Tehran was stormed in 1979. TEHRAN There's little reaction inIranso far to"Argo,"the box-office hit about the elaborate and risky rescue of six U.S. diplomats who avoided becoming hostages when militants ...

By The Christian Science Monitor Based on true events surrounding the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, 'Argo' opened this weekend at No. 2 and rose to the top spot on Monday. Iranians are less enthused. American moviegoers flocked to theaters this weekend to seeBen Affleck's long-anticipated thriller Argo, which has been generating ...