
Quick Look
Into the Iranian Embassy
By Nigel Cawthorne
On 30 April 1980, six armed terrorists took over the Iranian Embassy in London. For six days, there was a standoff. But when they began killing hostages, heavily armed men clad in black, faces obscured by balaclavas, abseiled down the building and smashed their way in. Within minutes the terrorists were dead and the remaining hostages free. The moment was captured on live TV and broadcast worldwide. This was the dramatic debut of the SAS…
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