‘Argo F ** k Yourself:’ Iranian Director Criticizes Classic Movie for the Dumbest Reason Possible

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Asghar Farhadi Says Films Like’Argo’Perpetuate American White Savior Myth:’Who Asked You To Come and Save United States?’ https://t.co/SMShfrsaGQ– Variety (@Variety) October 3, 2026

Argo is the great, Oscar winning motion picture from 2012 directed by and starring Ben Affleck. This Rotten Tomatoes summary does a respectable task informing you what it has to do with:

On Nov. 4, 1979, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 American captives. In the middle of the turmoil, 6 Americans handle to escape and discover haven with the Canadian ambassador. Understanding that it’s simply a matter of time before the refugees are discovered and most likely performed, the U.S. federal government contacts extractor Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to save them. Mendez’s strategy is to impersonate a Hollywood manufacturer hunting places in Iran and train the refugees to function as his ‘movie’ team.

Naturally, Kimmie’s post (which we can’t utilize here) utilized the real uncensored F-bomb, as a referral to the running joke in the motion picture where characters would state ‘Argo f ** k yourself’ to each other as a dry joke.

The crucial thing to get is that this is a motion picture about Americans saving Americans who really frantically want and needs to be saved. We have not seen the film in a while, however as we remember, their only doubt is the worry that this particular strategy will not work– not a desire to remain in Iran throughout the captive crisis, since these individuals weren’t insane. They understood they required to leave Dodge.

Simply put, what this Iranian director, Asghar Farhadi, stated makes absolutely no sense. We will get more into his remarks in a minute, however these individuals undoubtedly required to be saved. At finest these individuals were dealing with the possibility of being imprisoned. At worst, they were going to be eliminated.

Before we get too far into this, we desire to point out that this is an Iranian director stating this. We do not suggest he is Iranian ethnically (ethnic Iranians normally call themselves Persians, anyhow) or that he utilized to reside in Iran. We imply it’s where he presently calls home, in addition to his household, a minimum of since last May:

Asghar Farhadi Lives in Iran, however Won’t Make Movies There https://t.co/fXx0i09lkt– IndieWire (@IndieWire) May 16, 2026

That post keeps in mind that he ‘copes with his household in Tehran,’ the short article discusses that he has at least 2 children, so he most likely has at least one partner, not to point out moms and dads, brother or sisters, and so on. The point we are making is that although he undoubtedly has the ability to leave the nation, we can’t presume he can speak easily, due to the fact that even if he wished to problem to the west, totalitarian programs are not above penalizing your household for your criminal offenses. That is specifically what the State Department declares about Iran:

https://t.co/AAE9sPzb0u— Black Conservative (@BlackConserva17)May 7, 2024

From that report:

‘Significant human rights problems consisted of reliable reports of: … political detainees or detainees; global repression versus people in another nation; … penalty of relative for supposed offenses by a relative;’

And naturally, we are avoiding over numerous other criminal activities. That puts Farhadi’s remarks in a bit more viewpoint. From the post:

Inquired about ‘Argo’ winning Best Picture simply a year after ‘A Separation’ won Best International Film at the Oscars, Farhadi stated he viewed the movie at the time it came out and felt it was a ‘Hollywood thing.’ … The mediator pointed out how Affleck’s movie depicts Iran ‘like you’re in hell.’

‘The issue with these sort of movies in Hollywood [and] some individuals in the United States [is that] they take a look at the world from as much as down,’ he included. ‘Someday you should inquire: Why do you feel you’re up and we’re down? I do not comprehend why they have this ego that they’re up.’ The Iranian director then stated Americans frequently declare to ‘have democracy,’ however they do not. ‘You do not have democracy. It’s a lie.’

After a bit about jails that appears to have no noticeable point, he returns to Argo:

‘They make these motion pictures for cash; it’s a service. And in these movies it’s constantly a white guy from the United States conserving others. My concern is: Why? Why does an American go to Cuba or Iran to conserve individuals? Individuals comprehend they can conserve themselves. Who asked you to come and conserve us?’

Seriously, that remark is so unaware from a guy who supposedly saw the film, we believe it is a free gift that he is simply stating whatever he needs to, to keep him and his household out of an Iranian jail (or even worse). Seriously, what is he expected to state? ‘Yes, life in Iran is an ordeal, and I am not fretted that my children might wind up in a jail for what I simply stated’? Why are press reporters this thick? Seriously, pity on everybody at Variety for pretending this was a regular discussion in between individuals who can all speak easily.

This male didn’t see the movie, plainly. It’s not about conserving Iran. Iran was by that point( and still is) beyond conserving. Nixon and Carter made sure that catastrophe. The movie had to do with getting Americans out of the hellhole that is a fundamentalist Islamic state. That hasn’t altered, …

— MG(@hcaulfield8148) October 3, 2026

The cut off word is ‘sadly.’

We Iranians asked Israel and the United States for assistance us with military action, however this bachelor’s degree $ tard is a routine apologist and got a responsibility to spread out program propaganda! We understand him well. pic.twitter.com/GncoK5BhgB

— Picky Brunette(@PickyBrunette) October 4, 2026

… Um,”Argo”came out in theaters FIFTEEN FREAKING YEARS AGO !!

… If Argo is Farhadi’s greatest problem about how Iran is portrayed in movie theater … possibly Iran requires to MAKE MORE FILMS about how “fantastic” the nation is.

Ben Affleck is NOT Iran’s greatest PR issue!@janoglak pic.twitter.com/uvGZPTa6YH

— Tim Estiloz (@TimEstiloz) October 4, 2026

Ugh, does this guy not comprehend that everybody with more than 2 brain cells to rub together would not think a motion picture out of Iran?

Which we confess does not consist of the majority of the ‘Free Palestine’ motion, however there you go.

Moron. If I am a diplomat caught/held versus my will in an Islamic hellhole like Iran, I frantically hope that a White Savior will concern my rescue.
We (Americans)all understand Iranians need to rise and conserve themselves, as we are past the point of caring.

— April Neale (@AprilMac)October 3, 2026

We believe they would like a rescuer of any color.

Farhadi deals with the IRGC on his movies, supports the Islamic Republic’s survival, and serves its propaganda device. Why should his political views matter?– مِهراز ☼ (@sangtarash_azad) October 4, 2026

We have not had the ability to validate that, however at the minimum, he can’t speak easily. That need to disqualify his viewpoint, even if it wasn’t likewise unaware.

— The Science ™ (@mreasycredit) October 4, 2026

The cut off text: ‘… providing baguettes and foie gras.’

We find sarcasm.

I, and millions other Iranians, asked America to come and conserve us, and safeguard themselves, from those whose atrocities no simply guy, unlike you, can overlook!

— Leo Moradi( @Leo_Moradi)October 3, 2026

من نمی دونم چطوری میشه شرف داشت و چیزی غیر از”حکومت داره مردم رو میکشه. جوونا رو دارن اعدام می کنن. زندگی ها رو دارن از هم می پاشونن. مردم دارن زیر فشار اقتصادی و سیاسی له میشن. کمکشون کنید” پیام آدم به جهان باشه اگه بلندگویی در اختیار داره https://t.co/jJnavETCFb— Prof. Balthazar (@Prof__Balthazar) October 4, 2026

Supposed translation from Persian (there was a great deal of dragging of Farhadi in Persian:

I can’t comprehend how somebody might have any sense of honor and have a message to the world that’s anything besides ‘The routine is eliminating individuals. They’re carrying out the youth. They’re tearing lives apart. Individuals are being squashed under financial and political pressure. Assist them’– if they have a platform to speak from.

We can comprehend worry.

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هر سنگی رو بلند می کنی یه سلبریتی دست پرورده جمهوری اسلامی داره به ملت ایران لگد میزنه! فقط دعا کنید روزی که ورق برمیگرده دست ما نیوفتید https://t.co/01FvxII2YD— Darwin (@dara1773059) October 4, 2026

Supposed translation:

Every rock you turn over, there’s a celeb supported by the Islamic Republic kicking the Iranian individuals! Simply hope that when the tables turn, you do not fall under our hands.

We hope that sooner or later the Iranian individuals are complimentary, in some way. And when that day comes, we think of there may be retribution, just like the trials at Nuremburg. We likewise hope they are smart and caring sufficient to acknowledge pressure as a defense.

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