Prompt gamma-ray cascades in neutron-rich nuclei around doubly-magic S
n-132 have been studied at Eurogam 2 array using a Cm-248 fission sour
ce. Yrast states to above 5.5 MeV in the two- and three-proton N = 82
isotones Te-134 and I-135 are reported. They are interpreted in terms
of valence proton and particle-hole core excitations with the help of
shell model calculations employing empirical nucleon-nucleon interacti
ons from both Sn-132 and Pb-208 regions. A serious inconsistency in th
e accepted masses of N = 82 isotones near Sn-132 is discovered but not
resolved.