Iranian Embassy siege
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title:
Iranian Embassy siege
text:
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. 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. They demanded the release of prisoners in Khuzestan and their own safe passage out of the United Kingdom. The British government
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1980 hostage situation in the Iranian Embassy in London
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Embassy_siege
date created:
2004-01-08T04:18:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T11:11:37Z
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