As the Oscar race heats up, bets are on Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’ to win big, but the film gets Iran and its history all wrong. Iranian Kambiz Atabai on why the film is an unfortunate and inaccurate depiction of the Shah’s reign and the country.
As we approach the 34th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, the commercial success of Ben Affleck’s film Argo is a timely reminder of the great tragedy that severed relations between Iran and the United States.
