Argo, unrealistic: Ex-Israeli attaché
The Israeli regime’s last military attaché in Tehran says the Oscar-winning Argo, which depicts the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran, is not a realistic movie. The thriller directed by the US filmmaker and actor, Ben Affleck, is loosely based on an allegedly historical account by the former CIA agent, Tony Mendez, about the rescue of six American diplomats after the takeover of the US Embassy in Tehran following the 1979 victory of the Islamic Revolution. Political analysts say Argo unmasks the elaborate US scheme to employ every medium in its propaganda apparatus to incite Iranophobia across the globe. Observers have further lashed out at the director of Argo for portraying a stereotyped and caricatured view of the Iranian society, noting that Affleck has consciously sought to ridicule the very customs and traditions of Iran.
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