Who is Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, the lawyer taking Argo to court?

Iran has hired a controversial French lawyer to sue Hollywood over the 'Iranophobia' in its movies

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Isabelle Coutant-Peyre
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IRAN has hired the controversial French lawyer, Isabelle Coutant-Peyre, to sue Hollywood over the "distorted" way the Islamic state is portrayed in American movies including the Oscar-winning Argo. The 61-year-old has flown to Tehran to discuss the case, which will be lodged in an international court, and target the directors and producers the Islamic state accuses of 'Iranophobia', says The Guardian. But who is Coutant-Peyre, a woman famous for smoking Cuban cigarillos and taking an "aggressive" approach to defending her clients?

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