Final day of the Iranian embassy siege in London : relieved BBC technician Sim Harris, one of the hostages, steps down from the ambulance on arrival at the hospital after the SAS ended the siege Photograph.

Format:

Image

Contributor:

Lloyd, Mike, photographer.

Reed, Richard, 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, Mike Lloyd, Richard Reed, Bill R, 1980.

Summary:

Archival caption: Final 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. Relieved BBC technician Sim Harris, one of the hostages, steps down from the ambulance on arrival at the hospital after the SAS ended the siege. 5th May 1980.

Notes:

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Reference: 00115185.