30 Years after the Iranian Embassy siege.
The Iranian Embassy Siege of 1980 was a siege of the Iranian embassy in London after it had been taken over by Arab separatists. The siege was ended when British special forces the Special Air Service (SAS), stormed the building in Operation Nimrod. The incident brought the SAS to the world’s attention as the whole episode was played out in front of the media.
Few of our personnel was there.
Our co founder Mr John McAleese Mac is the first man on the balcony.
Please watch the BBC news video in our Gallery.