Iranian Embassy siege

E51381

counter-terrorism operation hostage crisis siege terrorist incident

The Iranian Embassy siege was a 1980 hostage crisis in London that ended with a high-profile counterterrorism assault by the British Special Air Service (SAS), broadcast live on television.

Aliases (1)

six-day Iranian Embassy siege ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	counter-terrorism operation → hostage crisis → siege → terrorist incident →
broadcastOn	BBC television → ITN →
buildingOwner	Government of Iran →
casualties	2 hostages killed → 5 hostage-takers killed →
category	Attacks on diplomatic missions → Special Air Service operations → Terrorist incidents in London →
city	London →
counterTerrorismUnit	Special Air Service →
country	United Kingdom →
demand	release of Arab prisoners in Iran → safe passage out of the United Kingdom →
endDate	1980-05-05 →
hasLanguageOfMediaCoverage	Arabic → English → Persian →
headOfGovernmentAtTime	Margaret Thatcher →
hostageTaking	true →
involvedOrganization	Metropolitan Police → Metropolitan Police D11 firearms unit → Metropolitan Police Special Patrol Group →
legalOutcome	surviving gunman convicted in UK court →
locatedIn	Prince's Gate, South Kensington, London →
location	Iranian Embassy in London →
motive	autonomy for Khuzestan (Arabistan) → support for Arab Iranian separatism →
notableFor	live televised SAS assault → public debut of SAS counter-terrorism capability →
numberOfDays	6 →
numberOfHostages	26 →
numberOfPerpetrators	6 →
operationName	Operation Nimrod →
orderedBy	British government →
partOf	history of terrorism in the United Kingdom →
perpetrator	Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan →
perpetratorNationality	Arab Iranian →
result	five of six gunmen killed → hostages rescued by British Special Air Service → one gunman captured alive →
startDate	1980-04-30 →
survivingGunmanName	Fowzi Badavi Nejad →
target	Embassy of Iran in London →
televisionCoverage	live →
typeOfBuilding	diplomatic mission →
year	1980 →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Special Air Service → Special Air Service →	notableOperation
Operation Nimrod →	partOf
Operation Nimrod ("six-day Iranian Embassy siege") →	precededBy