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  1. Jan 14, 2013 · BBC World Service. Ben Affleck's film Argo tells the bizarre story of how in 1980 the CIA - with Canadian help - sprang a group of Americans from Iran after they escaped a US embassy overrun by...

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  2. Feb 16, 2013 · The political drama Argo is based on the real story of a CIA-planned rescue in revolutionary Iran. Experts say it gets most of the story right — but two men who were actually there say the...

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  3. The true story behind the new movie Argo about how CIA operatives posing as a Hollywood production team rescued six Americans hiding in Iran during the 1979 embassy crisis. An excerpt from...

  4. Aug 7, 2013 · Yes, the storyboards were created, but the real story behind Argo reveals that Tony Mendez never gave them to the officers at the airport (Argo: Inside Story). Various pieces of concept art for the film still exist today and have appeared on display in spy related exhibits around the US.

  5. Plot. On November 4, 1979, Iranian Islamists storm the United States Embassy in Tehran in retaliation for President Jimmy Carter giving the Shah, an absolute monarch who was supported by Western powers, asylum in the U.S. during the Iranian Revolution, for cancer treatment.

  6. Oct 12, 2012 · Argo: True story? The facts and fiction behind the Ben Affleck movie. Worthy of a Zen Monk. Follow Us. Brow Beat. How Accurate Is Argo? By David Haglund. Oct 12, 20124:03 PM. Ben Affleck in...

  7. Jul 11, 2023 · More than a decade after the Argo exfiltration mission was declassified, Argo (2012) was in the works, and this time, it was a real film with Hollywood calling on CIA. Argo director Ben Affleck, who portrayed Tony Mendez, used Tony as a technical adviser and consulted with other current and former CIA officers to make sure he ...