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Iranian Embassy siege

Former entity Hostage crisis Siege

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Iranian Embassy siege, Siege in London

Name: Iranian Embassy siege
Address: GB

Hostage crisis at the Iranian embassy in 1980.

A group of armed men took hostages at the embassy.

Representation of the Iranian-Kurdish crisis in London.

Led to a famed British SAS intervention.

First live-broadcast SAS operation, gripped global viewers.

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