In the six-day siege that followed, however, it wasn’t the well-dressed terrorists who made their name. Instead, it was the ...

An SAS hero who took part in the infamous Iranian embassy siege and daring raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82.

9/10 On day 6 of the siege at the Iranian Embassy the criteria is met for deploying the SAS.

Former SAS soldier Bob Curry was "caught up in bureaucracy ... is understood to have been part of the team that rescued hostages in the 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London.

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. Show more Ben ...