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A demonstrator peeks from under an Iranian flag during a ceremony to mark the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran’s Azadi square in this February 11, 2012 file photo. (REUTERS)
by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Mar 8, 2013 | Opinion
The Academy Award winning movie “Argo,” which tells the story of six US Embassy staffers who hid in the Canadian Embassy in Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis has incited diverse reactions. The movie tells a short chapter in the long and tense relationship between...
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Affleck’s Iran hostage drama Argo won the coveted Best Picture Oscar late Sunday. (ADRIAN SANCHEZ-GONZALEZ/AFP/Getty Images)
by Mohammad Abdi | Feb 28, 2013 | Majalla Blogs
Ben Affleck’s Argo won the Oscar for Best Picture as expected. The film’s storyline builds on the real-life seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran by Iranian students in 1979 and the ensuing 444-day hostage crisis. Events unravel from the perspective of a CIA agent,...
