cross-posted from: https://suppo.fi/post/15185039

The "Canadian Caper" was the joint covert rescue by the Government of Canada and the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of six American diplomats who had evaded capture during the seizure of the United States embassy in Tehran, Iran, on November 4, 1979, after the Iranian Revolution, when Islamist students took most of the American embassy personnel hostage, demanding the return of the US-backed Shah for trial.

More information at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Caper, https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/history-histoire/ken-taylor.aspx?lang=eng, https://web.archive.org/web/20120620203730/https://www.wired.com/magazine/2007/04/feat_cia/all/, https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/revisiting-canadas-contribution-to-resolving-the-iranian-hostage-crisis

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[–] 6 points 3 days ago

It was super irritating that Ben Affleck made a film about it that gave the credit to the CIA.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    There is a very good multi-episode podcast about this operation from earlier this year. Look for "The Rest is Classified"

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