Iran plans to sue Hollywood over Argo

Critics claim that Argo is a "violation of international cultural norms” and pro-CIA.

TEHRAN: Iran, disgruntled over the ‘un-realistic’ portrayal of the country in the Oscar-winning movie Argo, has planned to sue Hollywood, Associated Press reported.

French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, who also advocated notorious Venezuelan-born terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, held a meeting with the concerned officials to decide the details of the law suit.

Argo depicted the escape of six embassy staffers after the 1979 attack on the US Embassy in Tehran. Fifty two Americans were held hostage during the attack but the six workers were protected by the Canadian ambassador.

Iranian officials termed Argo as ‘pro-CIA and anti-Iran propaganda’ after the movie won an Oscar.

The movie was banned from being shown in Iranian cinemas but citizens saw it on bootleg DVDs. People who took part in the 1979 Islamic Revolution could differentiate between the reality and the propaganda of Hollywood but the youth wanted to see the other side of picture. This highly disturbed the Iranian government.

The movie was screened in the presence of a closed audience in a Tehran theatre late Monday. The critics saw the movie and decided that a law suit was in order.  They termed Argo as "violation of international cultural norms.”  A statement was released soon after saying, “awarding an anti-Iran movie is a propaganda attack against our nation and entire humanity."

A meeting held to discuss the law suit was named ‘The Hoax of Hollywood’. It is still vague on how they will go about filing the law suit.