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Our man in Tehran the true story behind the secret mission to save six Americans during the Iran Hostage Crisis and the foreign ambassador who worked with the CIA to bring them home

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In November 1979, the American embassy in Tehran was invaded by a group of radical students who took 54 workers hostage. However, six diplomats secretly escaped. Here, author Robert Wright chronicles the escapees' harrowing ordeal and the men and women who were working undercover in Tehran to bring...

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Main Author: Wright, Robert A. (Robert Anthony), 1960-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Other Press, 2011.
Edition:Other Press ed.
Subjects:
Iran Hostage Crisis, 1979-1981.
Taylor, Kenneth, > 1934-
Diplomats > United States.
Escapes > Iran.
Diplomatic and consular service, Canadian > Iran.
Diplomatic and consular service, American > Iran.
United States > Foreign relations > Iran.
Iran > Foreign relations > United States.
Ambassadors > Canada > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Tehran
  • The unlikely ambassador
  • Revolution
  • The downward spiral
  • The overthrow of the Shah
  • Ayatollah Khomeini in power
  • Fateful decisions
  • Hostages and Houseguests
  • Marg bar Amrika!
  • On the run
  • Diplomatic maneuvers
  • Coming in from the cold
  • Walking laps in the ballroom
  • Stalemate
  • Intelligence
  • This is war
  • A close call
  • Exfiltration
  • The Canadian plan
  • Passports and visas
  • The flight of the houseguests
  • Aftershocks
  • Thanks, Canada
  • Fallout
  • Yellow ribbons
  • Our man in New York.

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