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From the SpyCast Vault: Escaping Tehran with The CIA Pt. 2


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We return to November, 1979 when radical Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran and took dozens of Americans hostage. 

Mark and Cora Lijek were two American officials stuck in Tehran, and in 2008 they shared their story with the late Peter Earnest, the founding director of the International Spy Museum. And this time they were joined by retired CIA officer Tony Mendez, who passed away in 2019. Tony helped plan and execute an elaborate deception and disguise operation, exfiltrating the diplomats before the Iranians figured it out.

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