Ben Macintyre: The Siege

Sydney Writers' Festival by Sydney Writers' Festival

Nov 18, 202558:28Society & Culture

On 30 April 1980, armed gunmen stormed the Iranian embassy in London and took 26 hostages in what would become a six-day siege. Millions around the world were glued to their TVs as the previously secret SAS planned and e...

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