How can iran sue hollywood

There have been more measured criticisms of the film from Iranians, like this Guardian editorial from Saeed Kamali Dehghan about the difficulties he had watching the film. But the Iranian government has always taken things up a notch or five. In February, shortly after Argo was awarded the Oscar for Best Picture, Iranian media became furious with the decision — and especially that Michelle Obama was involved.

But Affleck has mostly fought back against any displeasure from the Iranian government. That makes me feel like, yeah, we had this wonderful thing that happened in our movie, where America really did something right, but that we haven't figured out how to navigate our relationship with countries in the Middle East.

By THR staff. D'jango Unchained Argo winner. According to an Associated Press report , several Iranian news outlets, including the more liberal leaning Shargh Daily , said on Tuesday that French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in the country discussing with officials how they might go about filing the lawsuit. Whether Warner Bros. The movie is based on the escape of six American hostages from the besieged US Embassy in Tehran in Sharing the film's first looks, Kangana Ranaut said she was thrilled to begin filming on Tiku Weds Sheru the day she receives her Padma Shri honour.

It tells the story of a CIA rescue mission to bring home six stranded US diplomats who managed to escape the embassy compound before its full seizure by young revolutionaries.

Since its release Argo has prompted mixed reactions among the Islamic republic's sympathisers, its opposition and even among former American hostages. A large group of Iranians believe that the film stereotypes Iranians in a negative way without drawing a distinction between ordinary citizens and the revolutionaries behind the US hostage crisis.

Mohammad Lesani of The Hoax of Hollywood conference said the conference was meant to "unify all cultural communities in Iran against the attacks of the west, particularly Hollywood". A statement at the end of Monday's meeting condemned Argo as a "violation of international cultural norms" and said that the award was "propaganda attack against our nation and entire humanity".