IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE


Meaning of IRANIAN EMBASSY SIEGE in English

Iˌranian ˈEmbassy ˌSiege BrE AmE

a ↑ siege which lasted for six days at the Iranian Embassy in Knightsbridge, West London, in May 1980 when Iranian terrorists demanded freedom for political prisoners in Iran. It was ended by British ↑ SAS troops, who broke into the building killing some of the ↑ terrorist s and rescuing 19 ↑ hostage s . The terrorists killed two Iranian officials.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.