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Siege at the Iranian Embassy
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Iran and the hostage-takers
In 1980 the world watched as gunmen held 26 people hostage at the Iranian embassy in London. After a six-day stand-off the SAS launched a dramatic attack on the hostage-takers. On the 20th anniversary BBC News Online looks back to the siege.