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It's the November of 1979, a fateful time for Iran. Protesting against the country that provided asylum to the erstwhile Shah, Iranians took some 50 hostages who have no way to escape. Can the CIA come up with something crazy enough to work?

In November of 1979, a group of Iranian protesters stormed the US embassy in Tehran. The monarchy had just been toppled, and the agitators sought to protest against the country that gave their erstwhile Shah asylum. As the protest went on, they took more than 50 hostages, all this with the approval of their new leader, the Ayatollah Khomeini. Six hostages, however, got away and hid in the Canadian embassy. With relationships between the countries at their worst, the CIA went for broke and enacted a foolhardy and atrocious plan. Enter Iran posing as Canadian filmmakers seeking to make a Star Wa....