On May 5th 1980 The SAS British Army special forces team stormed the Iranian Embassy in London to free 26 hostages being held by an Arabic terrorist organisation called KSA group campaigning for Arab national sovereignty. Amongst the hostages was BBC sound recordist Sim Harris who escaped from a window and leaping across a balcony.

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Location: Iranian Embassy, Kensington, London, England
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