He is my dearest friend.' The leader of an Iran-backed US embassy siege in Baghdad was welcomed to the White House by Barack Obama eight years ago before becoming Tehran's 'point man' in Iraq.

In March 1980, six Iranian men flew into London ... gas-masks as they abseil in. He takes us through the painstaking ...

9/10 On day 6 of the siege at the Iranian Embassy the criteria is met for deploying the SAS.

Ben Macintyre's gripping account of the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London in the spring ... In The Siege Ben Macintyre takes us inside the minds of all of those who were part of the crisis ...

An SAS hero who took part in the Iranian embassy siege and helped in raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82. John Thompson, warrant officer, died on Saturday evening after a period of ill ...