The Rest Is Classified
163. Argo: Smuggled Out of Khomeini's Iran (Ep 4)
Published: 4 June 2026 at 00:15 Europe/London
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Episode notes
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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