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How a Six-Day Siege Iranian Embassy Ended in a High-Risk Assault

Operation Nimrod was a high-risk SAS mission carried out in 1980 to end the Iranian Embassy siege in London. Armed gunmen had ...
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Operation Nimrod: SAS Storms the Iranian Embassy

Six armed kidnappers seized Iran’s London embassy, taking 26 hostages and executing one on day six. Margaret Thatcher ordered the SAS in—17 minutes, five terrorists down, 19 hostages rescued, and ...