The legendary spy who saved the lives of Josef Stalin, Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt has passed away at the age of 87. In 1943 during the Tehran, Gevork Vartanyan was incharge of a Soviet spy group that uncovered the location of 400 german spies placed in Tehran and uncovered the hiding spot of 7 Nazi commandos that were planning an attack on the big three. Gevork's men captured and killed the Nazi spies. The operation labeled long jump went succesful and was kept under wraps until the 1960's when it was declassified. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin visited the funeral of the man to pay respects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gevork_Vartanian
http://rt.com/news/prime-time/gevork-vartanyan-passed-away-539/
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