The Canadian Caper - How Six Americans Evaded Capture During the Iran Hostage Crisis
On November 4th, 1979, militant Islamic students took over the U.S. Embassy in Iran’s capital city of Tehran and captured 66 hostages from the compound. Avoiding capture that day were six US State Department employees who would later take refuge in homes of Canadian Embassy officers. This is the story of The Canadian Caper, which was the joint covert rescue operation of six Americans by the Canadian government and the CIA.
