"Not all of this could he talk about, but some he could - including being the man on the balcony throwing a smoke grenade in the window at the Iranian Embassy siege." ...

Ben Macintyre's gripping account of the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London in the spring of 1980 and the daring rescue mission by the SAS: Operation Nimrod. Jamie Parker reads. Show more Ben ...

What has the reaction been in Iran? The US sanctions are timed to coincide with the anniversary of the siege of the US embassy on 4 November 1979 , which took place soon after the fall of the US ...