On the other hand , `` The General Staff , '' set to begin shooting next year , will be based on eyewitness accounts , Salmanian said . Ben Affleck 's `` Argo '' tells the story of a dramatic rescue of U.S. diplomats from revolutionary Iran . Iranian state media criticize the movie as `` replete with historical inaccuracies and distortions '' but it has been praised by many in Hollywood for its portrayal of an important part of American history.
Ben Affleck 's `` Argo '' tells the story of a dramatic rescue of U.S. diplomats from revolutionary Iran . Iranian state media criticize the movie as `` replete with historical inaccuracies and distortions '' but it has been praised by many in Hollywood for its portrayal of an important part of American history.