“Organisers of the Hoax of Hollywood conference in Tehran said they had recruited, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, who has also acted for the Venezuelan-born terrorist, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, to file a legal complaint against the film’s producers and financial backers for “spreading fear of Iran”. “Argo is made by three film-producing companies in Hollywood [and] the Islamic Republic of Iran is going to sue all those who have been active in the anti-Iran domain, including directors and producers,” said the conference’s general secretary, Mohammad Lesani, according to the news agency Mehr. “Isabelle Coutant-Peyre is among the few international lawyers who accept cases which are somehow anti-Zionist.” He said several meetings had been held with Ms Coutant-Peyre and that a portion of her legal fee had already been paid in advance. Ms Coutant-Peyre told the conference in Tehran’s Palestine Cinema, that she had accepted the case “for the sake of defending Iran”………………”
The Iranians are becoming annoying about this Argo business. Even I am getting annoyed by them. I usually tend to give the Iranians the benefit of the doubt in my posts (mainly because they are the underdog, facing the might of the whole Western world and its institutions). They must have other more weighty issues to worry about, like the economy and free elections and freedom of expression, than a crusade against a film. Cinema is supposed to be entertaining, hence it is supposed to rely on fictional depictions of life and history. Just get real: who would pay for a ticket in order to watch some Ayatollah make a speech for two hours?
There is no way any sane judge anywhere outside the Muslim world would rule for them, nor would I. (I suspect that our Muslim judges are not always sane). It is a waste of time, and there are no principles involved. Just give it up, will you?
Cheers
mhg