Iran plans to sue Hollywood over 'Argo'
(03-12 17:05)
Iranian media say authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo'' because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal'' of the country.
Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said on Tuesday that French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where to file the lawsuit, AP reports.
Coutant-Peyre is also the lawyer for notorious Venezuelan-born terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal.
The decision on the lawsuit came after a group of Iranian cultural officials and movie critics screened the film in a closed audience in a Tehran theater late Monday.
Iranian officials in February dismissed "Argo'' as pro-CIA, anti-Iran propaganda.
The movie is based on the escape of six American hostages from the besieged US Embassy in Tehran in 1979.
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