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Canadian Caper
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Canadian Caper
The "
Canadian Caper
" was the popular name given to the joint covert
rescue
by
the Canadian government
and the
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) of six American
diplomats
who had evaded capture during the seizure of the United States embassy in
Tehran
,
Iran
, and
taking of embassy personnel as hostages by Islamist students and militants
on November 4, 1979.
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