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Escape from Tehran, 1979: Part I

EPISODE · Sep 28, 2010 · 27 MIN

Escape from Tehran, 1979: Part I

from SpyCast · host SpyCast

When Iranian militants stormed the US Embassy in Tehran, Mark and Cora Lijek and four other American diplomats slipped out a side exit and found themselves on the run in a hostile country. Before long, Canadian diplomats gave them shelter but now they had to avoid discovery while Washington hatched an audacious plan to rescue them. The Lijeks discuss with Peter their ordeal and how they prepared to escape.

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