Third day of the Iranian Embassy siege in London : the Iranian Consul General (wearing light coat) talking with police officers Photograph.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Sidey, Arthur, photographer.

Mirrorpix, owner.

Language:

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Embassy takeovers--England--London--History--20th century.

Embassy takeovers.

England--London.

Genre:

Photographs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 photograph).

Production:

[London] : Daily Mirror, Arthur Sidey, 1980.

Summary:

Archival caption: Third day of the Iranian Embassy Siege in London where six gunmen of the Iranian extremist group "Democratic Revolutionary Movement for the Liberation of Arabistan" stormed the building, taking 26 hostages before the SAS retook the embassy and freed the hostages. The Iranian Consul General (wearing light coat) talking with police officers outside the Embassy building. 2nd May 1980.

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Reference: 00115315.