Report: Canada’s former ambassador to Iran was CIA spy
Source: The Chronical Herald
TORONTO — A report says the Canadian diplomat praised for sheltering Americans during the Iranian Revolution was a CIA spy.
The Globe and Mail quotes former ambassador Ken Taylor as telling the newspaper that he was made “de facto CIA station chief” in a secret deal between president Jimmy Carter and prime minister Joe Clark.
The report says the move followed the seizure of the U.S. Embassy by Iranian students Nov. 4, 1979, when 63 Americans, including the four-member Central Intelligence Agency contingent, were taken hostage.
The Globe says Taylor, who was ambassador to Iran from 1977 to 1980, actively spied for the Americans and helped them plan an armed incursion into the country.
It says details of Taylor’s role are revealed in a new book being released today, “Our Man in Tehran,” by Trent University historian Robert Wright.
The newspaper says the phrase “de facto CIA station chief” appears in Wright’s book, the manuscript of which Taylor saw and approved in advance of publication. (The Globe and Mail)
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