IN APRIL 1980 gunmen stormed the Iranian embassy ... when Britain’s Special Air Service (SAS), an elite group of soldiers (pictured), charged into the embassy. In “The Siege”, Ben Macintyre ...

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 ...

A NEW book about the Iranian Embassy siege of 1980 makes ­compelling reading ... PM ­Margaret Thatcher finally gave orders for the SAS to go in. General Sir Mark Carleton-Smith said the SAS ...

The show will focus on real-life assignments conducted by elite military forces, and mainly follows the SAS and its operations during notable incidents, including the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege.

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.

Iranian embassy in London, United Kingdom, following the siege, 1980. (Photo Credit: Steve White2008 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 2.0) The SAS’ most notable operation occurred in mid-1980, when six ...

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