Starring: Jamie Bell, Abbie Cornish, Mark Strong Watch all you want for free. Revisit the extraordinary roles that put stars like SAS Iranian Embassy Siege Documentary Operation Nimrod. Know what this is about? Police snipers took up positions overlooking the building. PC Trevor Lock tackled him, drew his pistol, which he had kept hidden since the siege began, and the 2 men began to grapple each other. A road drill outside was used to cover the sounds of holes drilled through the walls of adjacent buildings for eavesdropping devices. A still-armed PC Trevor Lock appears at a front window moments after the SAS had rescued him. The breaking of a terrorist siege in the heart of London in 1980 catapulted the normally secretive SAS onto the world stage.
They demanded the release of 91 political prisoners who were imprisoned in Iran. B Squadron, who were during their stint on the Anti-Terrorist team, sped down the motorway to London. if the terrorists snap and start shooting hostages. The terrorists were led by Awn Ali Mohammed, 27, who was code named 'Salim'. After a 6 day stand off the SAS took action to deal with them. With all hostages and terrorists accounted for, the police retook control of the area and the SAS withdrew from public view. Police marksmen cover him from the next door balconies. Note large torch attached to the MP5 on the left trooper.An entangled SAS trooper tries to free himself from his abseil rope and avoid the flames. Salim threatened to shoot a hostage. Salim (with phone) and terrorist colleague inside the embassy.
View production, box office, & company info Add Image Add an image. The hostages were handcuffed and spread-eagled in the rear garden of the embassy. This DVD is highly recommended and well worth picking up. One SAS trooper had gotten tangled in his abseiling gear and was hanging halfway down the wall. UK policy was not to use force unless hostages had either been killed or where at immanent risk of being killed.
For an enhanced browsing experience, get the IMDb app on your smartphone or tablet.The Emmy nominations are in! The UK government's emergency committee, COBRA, was setup to monitor and manage the evolving crisis. We set off a year ago with a blank sheet of paper with the words "Embassy Siege" written at the top and a wish list below. Once outside, the hostages were all handcuffed and made to lay down. With all hostages secured, the reserve teams were brought in to assist in bringing them out. At noon 3 shots were heard from within the embassy and later that evening Lavasani's body was pushed out the front door. Over the first few days of the siege, Salim released several women hostages and a BBC employee who feigned stomach cramps in order to be released.
A quick head count revealed that there were too many hostages. They ordered Locke to roll clear of Salim and as soon as he was clear Salim was killed with a quick burst of fire from the trooper's MP5 sub machine gun. This site uses cookies. At the rear of the embassy, the assault had hit a snag - literally. The actual events took place 22 years earlier, in 1980, when six armed men went to the Iranian Embassy in London and took 26 hostages. Members of the SAS, a special regiment of the British Army, begin their assault on the Iranian Embassy in London, 40 years ago (pictured). Not for the last time, however, controversy raged over the SAS's methods, particularly when dealing with unarmed terrorists. The audacious daylight assault, carried out in the full glare of media scrutiny, made the Regiment and it's motto, 'Who Dares Wins' an indelible part of UK culture. Salim broke off his conversation with the police negotiator to investigate. Half way down the stairs, a terrorist was spotted amongst the hostages. Troopers lined the central staircase as each hostage was roughly bundled down the stairs and out the rear doors to the back garden. They also demanded a plane to fly themselves and the hostages out of the UK.Not long after the initial seizing of the Iranian embassy, the police cordoned off the area. The techniques used in the operation were quickly studied and copied by other special forces and counter-terrorism units around the world. Add to Watchlist. command over the radio. 8.7/10 26. It's said that one SAS trooper separated the terrorist and led him back into the embassy, presumably to finish him off.
At their base in Hereford, the SAS Counter-Terrorism team of the Special Air Service was put on high alert. By continuing to use this site you consent to our use of cookies. go!'
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The SAS moved into a building close to the Iranian Embassy and quickly formulated an Immediate Action (IA) plan. Includes interviews with the SAS troopers who stormed the embassy, plus input from the hostages and police negotiators. When armed gunmen seize the Iranian Embassy in 1980, a tense six-day standoff ensues while elite British soldiers prepare for a dangerous raid.