April 30th, 1980. The Wednesday morning sun glistening against the white washed walls of the Iranian Embassy overlooking Hyde Park. Spring blossoms lined the quaint street, the most beautiful time of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The SAS storm the Iranian Embassy ending a six-day siege, May 1980 - PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo In March 1980, six Iranian men ...

After six long, tense days the Iranian embassy siege came to an explosive end when SAS men abseiled from the roof and smashed through windows. The hostage drama had gripped the nation and its sudden ...

One of the last surviving SAS soldiers who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry was part of the SAS team which ended the 1980 siege after six armed men took 26 people hostage ...

In support of the Normandy landings, a small SAS team participated in Operation Titanic, a deception mission to mislead ...

An SAS hero who took part in the infamous Iranian embassy siege and daring raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82. Warrant Officer John Thompson died on Saturday evening after a period of ill ...

On April 30, 1980, six Arab gunmen, claiming to fight for the political rights of ethnic Arabs in Persian-majority Iran, shot their way into the Iranian Embassy in London, taking hostage 13 Iranian ...

Rivals actor Danny Dyer will star in a new heart-stopping” and “emotional” TV series about the Iranian embassy siege in South Kensington. Dyer, 48, known for playing Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rivals actor Danny Dyer will star in a new heart-stopping” and “emotional” TV series about the Iranian embassy siege. Dyer, 48, ...