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The hilarious way a CIA agent was able to leave Iran with a fake passport

June 30, 2021

One of the Central Intelligence Agency’s biggest intelligence coups (without instigating a real coup) came in Tehran in 1980. While every westerner was scrambling to escape Iran in the days…

40 years later, a documentary tells the story of Desert One: Delta Force’s ill-fated Operation Eagle Claw

May 1, 2020

By Kait Hanson

Forty years ago, a two-day, American rescue mission launched on April 24 to free the hostages held by Iran in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. For John Limbert, who was held hostage for more than a year during his role as a diplomat in the U.S. Embassy i…

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