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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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'The Siege' takes an in-depth look at the 1980 takeover of London's Iranian embassy

At 19:30, on Wednesday, April 30, 1980, a small, secret, and exceptionally well-equipped army rolled out of Bradbury Lines, the Special Air Service camp at Hereford. Locals tended to be overly curious ...
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'The Siege' of Iranian embassy in London, 45 years later

We revisit Scott Tong's conversation with "The Siege" author Ben Macintyre from September of 2024. The book tells the story of the six-day siege following the storming of the Iranian embassy in London ...
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The First 5 Days of Britain’s 1980 Crisis

In April 1980, six armed men stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, triggering a tense five-day standoff that would end in one of the most famous hostage rescues in British history. This is how the ...