In the six-day siege that followed, however, it wasn’t the well-dressed terrorists who made their name. Instead, it was the ...

In the second part of Ben Macintyre's exhilarating account, yesterday's Mail on Sunday recounted how the SAS stormed the Iranian Embassy during the 1980 siege. The third and final part of this ...

"For those of us of a certain age (62, since you ask), the extraordinary events of 5 May 1980 will remain indelibly etched on ...

Sgt Norman Merrill and his SAS team advanced into the Iranian ... balcony throwing a smoke grenade in the window at the Iranian Embassy siege." ...

The SAS will mount its biggest security operation ... It is understood to be the largest deployment in London since the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 - though exact numbers have not been disclosed ...

A NEW book about the Iranian Embassy ... Wisely, the SAS hog-tied everyone face down on the grass outside before they set about the task of differentiating embassy staff from the terrorists ...

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SAS soldiers storm the Iranian embassy in London ... window as the elite SAS team forced their way in to end the six-day siege. After leaving the Army he briefly worked as a pub landlord and ...

Ben Macintyre's gripping account of the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London in the spring of 1980 and the daring rescue mission by the SAS: Operation Nimrod. Jamie Parker reads. Show more Ben ...

A Scots author’s blow-by-blow account of the Iranian embassy siege in London has been nominated as one of 2024’s best books.

9/10 On day 6 of the siege at the Iranian Embassy the criteria is met for deploying the SAS.

SAS: Rogue Heroes, and A Spy Among Friends. The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980, after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Prince's Gate in ...