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What really happened inside the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980

The Iranian Embassy Siege began on April 30, 1980, when six armed militants stormed the building in South Kensington and took ...
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Operation Nimrod: SAS Storms the Iranian Embassy

Six armed kidnappers seized Iran’s London embassy, taking 26 hostages and executing one on day six. Margaret Thatcher ordered the SAS in—17 minutes, five terrorists down, 19 hostages rescued, and ...