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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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They took 26 hostages inside the Iranian embassy - then special forces arrived
In the spring of 1980, armed militants stormed the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 hostages, triggering one of the most dramatic hostage crises in British history. For six tense days, ...
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