Iran has been growing increasingly more and more angry towards the U.S and how they portray Iran in media and film. United Kingdom's Daily Mail is reporting that Iran plans to sue Hollywood over the unrealistic portrayal of its nation in the award winning movie Argo, featuring Ben Affleck. Argo is a movie produced in 2012 which takes CIA operative Tony Mendez, (played by Ben Affleck) and his men to Iran to rescue 6 U.S diplomats during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.
Iran's is calling the scene in the movie where five hostages escape from Iran "CIA Propaganda." This is not the first time Iran has had a problem with a Hollywood movie. They are claiming many of the historical facts in the movie 300 are also distorted. Last month Iran officials claimed Argo to be a "pro CIA movie" with means of destroying Irans image to the world. Iran's television networks called it an advertisement for the CIA.
According to The Sun Argo is banned in Iranian movie theaters. Even with it being banned citizens of Iran are still getting there hands on copies of the movie from bootleggers.
Mehndi Tondro, a specialist in anti Islamic and Iranian film said that
"We Iranians look stupid, backward and simple-minded in this movie."
"Hollywood is not a normal industry - it’s a conspiracy by capitalism and Zionism. We need to come up with an answer to this and other films."