WBritain 54mm 24002 British SAS Operation Nimrod Iranian Embassy Siege 1980 Figure

On April 30th, 1980 six armed Iranian men stormed the Iranian Embassy in London taking twenty-six people hostage.Six days later the SAS ended the siege, killing five terrorists and capturing one. It was the operation that propelled the SAS into the public eye and firmly established them as the worlds� best counter-terrorist unit.