Iran mulls suing Hollywood

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LEGAL ATTACK LOOMS: Ben Affleck poses at the premiere of his film Argo in Washington, DC, in October. Iranian media reported that authorities are planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning "Argo" because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country.

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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 that French lawyer Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is in Iran for talks with officials over how and where to file the lawsuit. 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 yesterday.

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.

- AP