Peter Tarnoff, US envoy who helped craft 'Argo' escape in Iran, dies at 86

A US diplomat, Peter Tarnoff rose to No. 3 in the State Department in the 1990s after years as a behind-the-scenes envoy, including helping to craft a plan to smuggle six State Department employees out of Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis.

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