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How 6 Americans Used A Hollywood Movie To Escape The Iran Hostage Crisis
November 4, 2025 marks the 46th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis when 66 Americans were taken hostage at the Embassy of the US in Tehran
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US Secretary Of State Gets Math Wrong On When Americans Freed By Iran
There is no country Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasts more than Iran, by speech or by tweet. But his point got lost Sunday in a shower of blowback after he incorrectly calculated the date that American diplomats held hostage in Iran were released from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
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CIA Agent, Whose Escape From Iran Inspired Hollywood Film 'Argo', Dies
Former CIA agent Tony Mendez, who engineered a creative way to smuggle US hostages out of Iran in 1980 and was immortalized in the Hollywood film "Argo," died of complications from Parkinson's Disease, his family said. He was 78.
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What Ben Affleck's Argo Got Wrong: Tweet Lessons From the CIA
To mark 35 years of the Iran Hostage crisis, the CIA tweeted a fact vs fiction lesson of sorts, listing out what Ben Affleck's Argo got wrong.
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CIA Tweets 'Argo' Errors on Iran Crisis Anniversary
The CIA on Friday good naturedly highlighted the inaccuracies in Oscar-winning Iran hostage drama "Argo," in a series of tweets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 crisis.
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Iran plans to sue Hollywood over "unrealistic portrayal" in Argo
Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning Argo because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country, Iranian media reported.
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Oscar 2013: Mixed reviews for Argo's win in Iran
The Oscar-winning movie has not appeared in any Iranian cinema but is still getting mixed reviews about its depiction of Tehran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Iran to make own movie to counter 'distorted' Argo
Iran is to make its own movie about the American hostage drama during the 1979 Islamic revolution to counter the "distorted" film "Argo" by Ben Affleck, which swept the Gold Globes awards, media said on Tuesday.
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How 6 Americans Used A Hollywood Movie To Escape The Iran Hostage Crisis
November 4, 2025 marks the 46th anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis when 66 Americans were taken hostage at the Embassy of the US in Tehran
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US Secretary Of State Gets Math Wrong On When Americans Freed By Iran
There is no country Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasts more than Iran, by speech or by tweet. But his point got lost Sunday in a shower of blowback after he incorrectly calculated the date that American diplomats held hostage in Iran were released from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.
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CIA Agent, Whose Escape From Iran Inspired Hollywood Film 'Argo', Dies
Former CIA agent Tony Mendez, who engineered a creative way to smuggle US hostages out of Iran in 1980 and was immortalized in the Hollywood film "Argo," died of complications from Parkinson's Disease, his family said. He was 78.
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What Ben Affleck's Argo Got Wrong: Tweet Lessons From the CIA
To mark 35 years of the Iran Hostage crisis, the CIA tweeted a fact vs fiction lesson of sorts, listing out what Ben Affleck's Argo got wrong.
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CIA Tweets 'Argo' Errors on Iran Crisis Anniversary
The CIA on Friday good naturedly highlighted the inaccuracies in Oscar-winning Iran hostage drama "Argo," in a series of tweets to mark the anniversary of the 1979 crisis.
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Iran plans to sue Hollywood over "unrealistic portrayal" in Argo
Iran is planning to sue Hollywood over the Oscar-winning Argo because of the movie's allegedly "unrealistic portrayal" of the country, Iranian media reported.
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Oscar 2013: Mixed reviews for Argo's win in Iran
The Oscar-winning movie has not appeared in any Iranian cinema but is still getting mixed reviews about its depiction of Tehran following the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Iran to make own movie to counter 'distorted' Argo
Iran is to make its own movie about the American hostage drama during the 1979 Islamic revolution to counter the "distorted" film "Argo" by Ben Affleck, which swept the Gold Globes awards, media said on Tuesday.
