Iran plans response to 'Argo'

Iran is planning its own version of the Ben Affleck movie "Argo," The New York Times reports, upset about what it calls the Hollywood flick's “Islamophobia.”

The movie, to be called “The General Staff,” is expected to give an accounting of the 1979 Islamic revolution and the U.S. hostage crisis from the perspective of the Iranian regime. It will reportedly be directed by Ataollah Salmanian and financed by the Iranian government’s Art Bureau.

“This film, which will be a huge production, should be an appropriate answer to the film ‘Argo,’ which lacks a proper view of historical events,” Salmanian reportedly told the Iranian news agency Mehr this week.

Iran's revolutionary students sparked a political crisis in the United States when they took 52 American diplomats hostage for 444 days and contributed to former President Carter's resounding loss to Ronald Reagan the following year.

---