In 1976 letter, Iran hailed Entebbe rescue, mourned death of Yoni Netanyahu

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In 1976 letter, Iran hailed Entebbe rescue, mourned death of Yoni Netanyahu
Found by curator of new exhibit at Rabin Center, missive sent by Iranian official to Mossad station chief in Tehran praises daring mission, terms PM’s older brother a martyr
BYMITCH GINSBURG July 8, 2015, 10:21 pm 3

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Entebbe hostages come home, July 4, 1976. (IDF archives)
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Mitch GinsburgMitch Ginsburg is The Times of Israel's military correspondent.

Nine days after the successful Israeli hostage rescue mission in Entebbe, the Mossad station chief in Tehran received a letter from the desk of the Supreme Commander’s Staff of the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces praising the mission and extending condolences for “the loss and martyrdom” of Lt. Col. Yoni Netanyahu, the elder brother of Israel’s current prime minister.

Avner Avraham, a retired Mossad officer with a flare for languages and art, curated a soon-to-be opened exhibit about the rescue mission and collected the letter, which is dated July 13, 1976 — some three years before the Islamic revolution severed the ties between the two

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