by the spectacular rescue of several American diplomats from Iran has become known former CIA Agent Tony Mendez died. The American media reported on Sunday, citing a communication from the family.
Mendez’ role in the rescue operation 40 years ago, had been lit in the Hollywood movie “Argo” from the year 2012. In the Film, Ben Affleck plays the CIA agent and also directed. “Argo” won the Oscar as the Best Film.
Mendez, who was awarded for his work in the CIA on several occasions, died, according to the Reports, on Saturday at the age of 78 years, in an assisted-Living facility in the state of Maryland. He was ill, therefore, in Parkinson’s disease.
Minister of foreign Affairs Mike Pompeo expressed his condolences via Twitter. “He was an extraordinarily gifted intelligence officers,” wrote Pompeo on Mendez. This was published after his retirement from the foreign intelligence service in 1990, several memoirs. In it Mendez also described his role in the rescue of six American diplomats from Tehran during the occupation of the Embassy in 1979. The diplomats had been spent as a canadian Film Crew and were able to flee.
Mendez was a “true American Hero,” wrote Affleck on Twitter. “He never sought the spotlight for his actions, he was simply trying to serve his country.”
in 1979, was occupied by Iranian students of the American Embassy in Tehran to protest against the admission of the deposed Shah Reza Pahlavi in the United States. Unlike the disguised diplomats taken hostage Embassy staff came only after 444 days. Because of the occupation, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Iran.
