AdvertisementTony Mendez, The 'Argo' Spy Who Rescued Americans In Iran, Dies At 78Play03:19Download AudioJanuary 19, 2019Greg MyrefacebookEmailTony Mendez, the former CIA officer who rescued six American diplomats from revolutionary Iran in 1980, died Saturday. He's shown here in 2012 in Washington, D.C., at the premiere of Argo, a film based on his operation in Iran. (AP)
