Argo: Smuggled Out of Khomeini's Iran (Ep 4)
6/3/202648 min
Six American diplomats are about to walk through the Tehran airport with alias Canadian passports. But will they make it through? And how does the real Argo end?
As the story reaches its dramatic conclusion, David and Gordon look at what can be learnt from the 1979 plot to smuggle six American diplomats out of Iran.
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First 90 secondsDavid McCloskey· Host0:03
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Gordon Corera· Host0:17
[Instrumental music] Six American diplomats are about to walk through Tehran Airport, but with Canadian passports. Will they make it through? And how does the real Argo end? Well, welcome to The Rest is Classified. I'm Gordon Corera.
David McCloskey· Host0:38
And I'm David McCloskey.
Gordon Corera· Host0:39
And we are at the crucial moment of this story of these American diplomats who went into hiding, were bravely protected by the Canadians, and especially Canada's James Bond, Ken Taylor. Big shout-out to the Canadian spies out there. [laughs] Uh, before the CIA joined the rescue effort, uh, with, uh, Tony Mendez coming up with this wild idea of turning them into a Hollywood scouting location crew and giving them these false documents. But it is the moment, isn't it, David? Uh, early in the morning of Monday, 28th of January, 1980, when it's all going to be put to the test. This is what it's all about, make or break.
David McCloskey· Host1:23
Another episode of our Argo series, another opening with Gordon Corera slobbering all over the Canadians.