London, Jan 12 : An Iranian government-affiliated arts bureau has planned to produce a film to offer the country's own version of the 1979 hostage crisis.

According to Iran''s semi-official media fir, the film named `The General Staff' will be produced by the state-affiliated Arts Bureau and directed by the Tehran-based film-maker Ataollah Salmanian.

The director said that the film, which will be a big production, should be an `appropriate response to the ahistoric film Argo.'

Backed by Warner Bros, Argo portrays the behind-the-scenes adventures of six stranded US diplomats gone to ground in the Canadian ambassador''s home in the immediate wake of Iran''s Islamic revolution, the Guardian reports.

According to the report, by concentrating on the daring CIA-backed mission to rescue the diplomats, it puts a positive spin on an event that is still widely regarded as a US foreign policy disaster.

But the Oscar-nominated Argo has faced criticism for its alleged historical inaccuracies and for claiming that British and New Zealand officials initially turned away the US refugees.

According to the paper, Affleck''s thriller is banned in Iran, where it is officially viewed as "anti-Iranian".

Mohammad Hosseini, the country''s minister of culture and Islamic guidance, has described it as "an offensive act" motivated by "evil intentions," the paper said.

It seems safe to assume the authorities will be more approving of The General Staff, which sets out to tackle the same material from the official Iranian perspective, the paper added. (ANI)