Iranian Embassy Siege Sas Team Members. That would have been totally against policy. On april 30 1980 six iranian men forced their way into the embassy at princes gate london taking 26 people hostage including a diplomatic protection officer and a team of bbc journalists.
Its inhabitants were taken hostage staff and guests who included the ambassador british journalists and pc trevor lock the policeman guarding the embassy. The gunmen iranian arabs campaigning for sovereignty of khuzestan province took 26 people hostage including embassy staff several visitors and a police officer who had been guarding the embassy. His group was responsible for the first and fifth floors while the assault team handled the floors in between.
Apparently the iranian embassy s just been hijacked by some terrorists.
He was a sniper commander on the sas anti terrorist team. Tom a sniper mac an assault specialist and robin horsfall a karate expert who remembers a sniper team member telling him. On april 30 1980 six iranian men forced their way into the embassy at princes gate london taking 26 people hostage including a diplomatic protection officer and a team of bbc journalists. 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 south kensington london.
