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 ...

When armed gunmen seized the Iranian Embassy in London, Britain faced a high-stakes hostage crisis. The government's decision to deploy the SAS shocked the world and showcased an elite force in ...

May 5 marked the 41st anniversary of the end of the siege of Iran’s embassy in London.On that day in 1980, British Special Air Service’s (SAS) counterterrorism team members executed a ...

SAS hero of Iranian Embassy siege explains how one civilian saved 19 lives. Gunmen took 26 people hostage on April 30, 1980, and six days later explosive images of the SAS rescue heroes were ...

In March 1980, six Iranian men flew into London and rented a flat in Earl’s Court, a packed itinerary of shopping and hostage-taking ahead of them. The Group of the Martyr, a dissident movement ...

Inside the devastatingly audacious SAS raid on the Iranian Embassy launched by Maggie Thatcher ... May 5, 1980 – Day Six of the Iranian Embassy siege in central London.

The UK’s Special Air Service (SAS) is one of the most renowned special forces units in the world, known for the motto “Who Dares Wins.” Founded in 1941, the SAS has led countless operations, including ...

Mr Parry was one of the 32 SAS troops who stormed London’s Iranian embassy in 1980 to being a six-day hostage siege to an end in one of the most famous operations carried out by the elite unit. Mr ...

[ obituary ] (via UK's Telegraph) John McAleese, who died on August 26 aged 61, led the SAS team that ended the Iranian embassy siege in central London in 1980, an event watched live on television ...

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May 23, 2023 at 1:02am BST. 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 ...

In March 1980, six Iranian men flew into London and rented a flat in Earl’s Court, a packed itinerary of shopping and hostage-taking ahead of them. The Group of the Martyr, a dissident movement ...