the former Canadian ambassador who helped free six hostages, stated that the film makes it seem as if his countrymen "were just along for the ride" in a CIA mission. By Erik Hayden Argo (pictured ...

TORONTO The former Canadian ambassador to Iran who protected ... t say a few words about Canada's role should the director's film "Argo" win the Oscar for best picture Sunday.

(T.J. Kirkpatrick/ The Washington Times) Ben Affleck, director, producer and a cast member of "Argo," poses at the ... secreted out of Iran by former Canadian Ambassador to Iran Ken Taylor ...

(AP Photo/Sayad) Bryan Cranston, left, and Ben Affleck star in "Argo ... “In the movie, Canada and Ottawa didn’t exist,” said Kenneth Taylor, who was the Canadian ambassador to Iran ...

Also read: Ben Affleck's 'Argo' Overshadows More ... The six were sheltered at the Canadian embassy until they made their escape in January 1980. In the film, Affleck plays a CIA agent who is ...

The second-ranking member of the Canadian Embassy hid four Americans in his home during the Iranian hostage crisis. By Aaron Couch So far, Argo, Ben Affleck’s period hostage drama, is the season ...

Ken Taylor, the Canadian ambassador to Iran who secretly hid ... were depicted in Ben Affleck‘s Oscar-winning 2012 film “Argo,” in which the ambassador was played by Victor Garber.

Three decades before Ben Affleck's "Argo," a Canadian TV film that also aired on CBS told the story of the rescue of six Americans that were being safeguarded at the Canadian embassy from capture.

In best-picture winner "Argo," six Americans are whisked ... hiding at the home of Canadian Ambassador Ken Taylor, posed as a Canadian film crew scouting locations for a sci-fi film—quibbled ...

TORONTOTORONTO — A former Canadian ... ambassador protected Americans during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis is a “better story” than Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning picture “Argo.” ...