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Radio 4,06 Sep 2009,45 mins

Iranian Embassy Siege

The Reunion

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Sue MacGregor presents the series which reunites a group of people intimately involved in a moment of modern history. Sue reunites those caught up in the siege at the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980, which ended with a dramatic storming of the building by SAS commandos. With contributions from hostages Sim Harris and Mustapha Karkouti, police negotiator Max Vernon, BBC reporter Kate Adie and Robin Horsfall of the SAS. A Whistledown production for BBC Radio 4.

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