CIA officer Edward B. Johnson, in Iran for 1979 Argo rescue mission, dies at 81

Rescue of 6 American diplomats who fled 1979 US embassy takeover in Tehran was immortalised in Ben Affleck’s Oscar-winning film Argo.

CIA officer Edward B. Johnson, in Iran for 1979 Argo rescue mission, dies at 81

CIA officer Edward B. Johnson, in Iran for 1979 Argo rescue mission, dies at 81

CIA officer Edward B. Johnson, in Iran for 1979 Argo rescue mission, dies at 81

CIA officer Edward B. Johnson, in Iran for 1979 Argo rescue mission, dies at 81

CIA officer Edward B. Johnson, in Iran for 1979 Argo rescue mission, dies at 81