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Iran embassy taken over in London - then SAS launched the assault

In 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian embassy in London and took 26 hostages. The crisis lasted several days as negotiations failed and tensions escalated. After a hostage was killed, British ...
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How a Six-Day Siege Iranian Embassy Ended in a High-Risk Assault

Operation Nimrod was a high-risk SAS mission carried out in 1980 to end the Iranian Embassy siege in London. Armed gunmen had ...