Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,05 May 2010,10 mins

Iranian Embassy Siege

Witness History

Available for over a year

On the 5th of May 1980, British special forces stormed Iran's Embassy in London. Iranian separatists had been holding hostages there for six days. Events were played out in front of tv cameras. Louise Hidalgo has been listening to accounts of that day.

Programme Website
More episodes