Along the recent Iranophobic attempts comes Argo (2012), a nail-biting thriller which according to David Haglund, takes a few liberties with the history. A few liberties, indeed! The false faade of the movie and the glorification of CIA agent Antonio Mendez (the hero, played by Ben Affleck) in particular and the intelligence apparat in general in smuggling ...

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 ...