Iranian Embassy siege

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf counter-terrorism operation
hostage crisis
siege
terrorist incident
broadcastOn BBC television services
surface form: BBC television

ITN
buildingOwner Government of Iran
casualties 2 hostages killed
5 hostage-takers killed
category Attacks on diplomatic missions
Special Air Service
surface form: Special Air Service operations

Terrorist incidents in London
city London, England
surface form: 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 Service
surface form: Metropolitan Police

Specialist Firearms Command
surface form: Metropolitan Police D11 firearms unit

Metropolitan Police Service
surface form: 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 UK government
surface form: 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 Iranian Embassy in London
surface form: Embassy of Iran in London
televisionCoverage live
typeOfBuilding diplomatic mission
year 1980

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Special Air Service notableOperation Iranian Embassy siege
SAS notableOperation Iranian Embassy siege
subject surface form: Special Air Service
Operation Nimrod partOf Iranian Embassy siege
Operation Nimrod precededBy Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: six-day Iranian Embassy siege
HK MP5 series usedInEvent Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: Iranian Embassy siege (1980)
MP5 submachine gun notableEventUsage Iranian Embassy siege
subject surface form: MP5
this entity surface form: Iranian Embassy siege in London, 1980
22 SAS Regiment notableOperation Iranian Embassy siege
Iranian Embassy in London eventLocation Iranian Embassy siege
Iranian Embassy in London eventLocation Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: 1980 Iranian Embassy hostage crisis
Iranian Embassy in London notableEvent Iranian Embassy siege
Iranian Embassy in London notableEvent Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: 1980 Iranian Embassy hostage crisis
Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan notableAttack Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: 1980 Iranian Embassy siege
Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan notableFor Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: 1980 Iranian Embassy siege in London
Fowzi Badavi Nejad participatedIn Iranian Embassy siege
22nd Special Air Service Regiment notableOperation Iranian Embassy siege
this entity surface form: Iranian Embassy siege, London, 1980
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose notableEvent Iranian Embassy siege
subject surface form: Michael Rose
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose militaryConflict Iranian Embassy siege
subject surface form: Michael Rose