The Iranian Embassy Siege began on April 30, 1980, when six armed militants stormed the building in South Kensington and took 26 hostages. Their demands centered on autonomy for Iran’s Khuzestan ...
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 ...
For six days, the world watched the Iranian Embassy standoff in London. On Day 6, the SAS went in — fast, brutal, and ...