Up until the 1990s, the CIA was happy to remain in the shadows, unconcerned with how it was, or wasn’t portrayed in movies. But that’s no longer true. Today, the CIA contributes and advises on certain films, in order to put its best foot forward — and attract the best and brightest new hires.
Iranian singer Sussan Deyhim contributed music to the new film “Argo.” The film is set in Tehran during the US Embassy hostage crisis that followed the Iranian revolution. This is a time period that resonates with her even though she had left Iran.