Nation: Deadly Crusade

The exposure of CIA agents

Life in Iran has become increasingly perilous for Americans; some have been attacked and two killed. Not only have Washington's close ties to the Shah been violently denounced by followers of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini, but Radio Moscow's Farsi-language broadcasts have fueled anti-Americanism by accusing the U.S. of instigating "the dangers facing the Iranian people." Now for nine Americans in Iran, the danger is more deadly; they have been named as CIA agents in Counter-Spy magazine.

Started in Washington by an anti-Viet Nam War group, Counter-Spy has made a crusade of exposing CIA agents abroad. Among them was...

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