IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. A decree by the Supreme Leader naming Mohammad Sarafraz as a replacement for Ezzatollah Zarghami, the outgoing president of Irans national broadcaster, dominated the front ...

[caption id="attachment_128388" align="alignright" width="143"] A poster of the 2012 movie, Argo[/caption] The CIA spy agency has released issues on the factual errors of Argo, a Hollywood movie produced in 2012, on its Twitter page. The CIA took to Twitter on Friday to correct plot points of the movie, Argo, in a reel vs. real series of tweets. Along ...

Marking the 35th anniversary of the Iranian Hostage Crisis in 1979, the Central Intelligence Agencytweetedseveral facts that were misrepresented in the 2012 Hollywood adaptation of the incident, Argo. Supporters of the Iranian Revolution fueled by an anti-American climate sweeping the country stormed the United States Embassy in Tehran on Nov.4 of ...

In this edition of Iran, Reza Nayebi examines the anti-Iran movie Argo and the misrepresentations it made against Iranians and their culture. Made on a budget of about USD 44 million by the Warner Bros, Ben Afflecks Argo is replete with historical inaccuracies and distortions in a cinematic representation of the 1979 US embassy incident in Iran. The ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV dismissed the Oscar-winning film "Argo" on Monday as an "advertisement for the CIA" and some Iranians called the award a political statement by America for its unflattering portrayal of the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And while "Argo" has not appeared in any Iranian cinema, there has been no shortage ...

Iran has dismissed the awarding of an Oscar to the film "Argo" as an "advertisement for the CIA" and a Zionist plot to misrepresent an event arising from the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Washington Post quotedFars News as writing: "In a rare occasion in Oscar history, the First Lady announced the winner for Best Picture for the anti-Iran Film Argo,...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- 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 ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian state media has run altered images of first lady Michelle Obama's Oscars appearance, making her gown look less revealing. The first lady wore a sleeveless, scoop neck gown. The semi-official Fars news agency ran an altered photo that covered her shoulders and neckline with added material. State TV showed images that blurred ...

Inresponseto last years Oscar-winning filmArgo, based on the real-life rescue of a handful of American citizens during the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Tehran plansto sue Hollywood filmmakers who participate in the production of such anti-Iran propaganda films. In the movie, in which director Ben Affleck also plays the lead role, Iranian officials are ...

Canada's envoy to Tehran at the time of the Islamic revolution and the US hostage crisis, says Argo disappointed him and that he's worried about where Iran's nuclear program might lead. Former Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor is neither the James Bond lookalike he hoped might portray him in the Hollywood blockbuster "Argo" nor is he quite the Austin ...

Iran has presented a special award to US First Lady Michelle Obama for revealing the influence that the White House sways over the Hollywood film industry,Press TVreports. The prize, named the Wet Gunpowder Award, was showcased at a ceremony in the southwest Shalamcheh district on Saturday. The Iranian organizers of the award ceremony stated that ...

Hamed Haddadi is the only Iranian to play in the NBA and joined the Phoenix Suns in a trade deadline deal with theToronto Raptors, who he joined but didn't play for as part of the Rudy Gay trade.The(Phoenix)Arizona Republic's Paul Coro sat down with the 7-2 center, who has played well in 16.0 minutes a game for the Suns. Q. How were you introduced ...

An Iranian state-run news agency has published a report alleging that "Argo" is a war propaganda film and that Ben Affleck could be a covert operator. On Wednesday, Iran's PressTV ran a story written by 9/11 conspiracy theorist and author Kevin Barrett that raised the possibility"Argo" is a "covert operation disguised as a movie."Barrett cites Barbara ...

Renowned French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, who plans to file a lawsuit against Hollywood companies over the production of films which promote Iranophobia, has said that she will stand by the Iranian people in this case. "I will defend Iran against the films like 'Argo', which are produced in Hollywood to give a bad image of Iran. I will stand ...

Will a lawsuit from Iran rain on the Argo parade? According to multiple Iranian news reports, offended officials are contemplating a lawsuit against Hollywood over the allegedly unrealistic portrayal of the nation in Ben Afflecks political thriller, which took home Best Picture at last months Academy Awards. French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre ...

Iran was not pleased with Ben Affleck's Oscar-winning 'Argo,' so it is planning its own take on the diplomat rescue drama. Political retaliationthrough moviemaking is an established practice. The Best PictureOscar-winningArgo has so piqued the Iranian government that not only does it plan to sue (whom, where, and how TBD), it is planning to tackle ...

On Tuesday, theIranian press reportedthat the country is seriously considering a lawsuit against the makers ofArgoover the film's unrealistic and negative portrayal of Iranians. According toAP: Several news outlets, including the pro-reform Shargh daily, said French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where ...

Iran news headlines on Tuesday include Iran launching Jamaran 2 destroyer in Caspian Seain the near future;Iranian Muslim clericscriticizingAhmadinejad for hugging Chavez's mother; Iran condemning UN report on country's human rights violation;Iran consideringsuingHollywood over 'Argo' and fall ofIrans March crude exports due to sanctions.   Iran ...

Time Warner Inc. (TWX)s Argo, the film about the rescue of American hostages from Iran more than 30 years ago that won the Academy Award for best picture, is a weak movie and insulting to Iranians, the countrys envoy to the United Nations said. Ben Afflecks film about the aftermath of the Islamic revolution contains mistakes, such as errors in the ...

Canadians aren't the only ones who have been publiclyquestioning the authenticityof the storytelling inArgo. Somewhat less surprisingly, Iran has also taken issue with the Best Picture-winning film, and has promised to put out its own, competing version of what really happened in Tehran in 1980. Film director Ataollah Salmaniantold the Persian ...