The raid by 55 SAS men lasted 17 minutes and all but one ... were auctioned on the TV Show Dickinson’s Real Deal. The Iranian embassy siege took place from April to May of 1980.

Standing in the elegant entrance hall of the overrun Iranian embassy ... it would work. SAS preparations had been underway ever since the gunmen's assault on the embassy had begun.

Article continues below The Iranian Embassy was reopened in 1993. It may be nearly four decades since the shocking six day siege, but the bravery of the SAS troops and the hostages will always be ...

An SAS veteran who led the heroic raid which ended the Iranian Embassy siege has put his medals up for sale for £25,000. Bob Curry was one of the first to break into the besieged London building ...

The Iranian embassy siege took place from April ... gunmen's full list of demands could not be met. Instead, the SAS would conduct a raid on the building to rescue the remaining hostages under ...

In the spring of 1980, six armed individuals marched into the Iranian Embassy in South ... following the death of a hostage, the SAS conducted a raid, killing all but one of the gunmen.

I wanted a visa to visit Iran, where the US raid to rescue staff held hostage in its ... status largely to the classic film about it in 1955; the SAS abseiling down the walls of the embassy was on TV ...

ITN correspondent Paul Davies reports on the 1980 siege on the Iranian embassy. An SAS soldier involved in the daring attack to free hostages from the Iranian Embassy has died at the age of 82.

One of the last surviving SAS soldiers who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry was part of the SAS team that ended the 1980 siege six days after six armed men took 26 ...

One of the final surviving SAS members who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry died after a ‘very long illness,’ SAS veteran Bob Shepherd said. He described him as ‘one of the ...

"For those of us of a certain age (62, since you ask), the extraordinary events of 5 May 1980 will remain indelibly etched on our memories," said Andrew Anthony in The Observer. That day, the SAS ...