And the reputation of America would be different.
Then America gave the responsibility to CIA expert Tony Mendez. The CIA had already made several plans to remove diplomats through UN trucks, to escape in the local Iranian base and to leave from another embassy route. But every option was very risky.
The American government had no plan that was 100% safe. But Tony Mendes gave an idea that no one had even imagined. And this plan seemed technically possible. He proposed to create a fake science