John McAleese - First man on the balcony during the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980 caught on live news.

Sas team names iranian embassy. The SAS Regiments reputation increased dramatically after the action during the Iranian Embassy Siege and the Regiment received an enormous amount of applications by people who were impressed by the action with the codename Operation Nimrod. B Squadron was composed of two teams Red Team and Blue Team and the assault force was made up of about 35 SAS operators. Furious Walter Mitty spat between former comrades wrecks 40th anniversary of the SASs stunning Iran embassy rescue Rusty Firmin and Robin Horsfall among SAS who took part in.

Red Team was deployed next to the embassy in case they had to go in immediately. Peter McAleese - Former Mercenary and Author. Leader of the SAS team that ended the 1980 siege of the Iranian embassy in London.

Apparently the Iranian Embassys just been hijacked by some terrorists. The BBC documentary SAS Embassy Siege introduces us to three of them. Lewis Pugh OIG - environmental campaigner and swimmer.

John McAleese leader of SAS team that ended 1980 siege of I. But ex-SAS soldier Bob Shepherd from Worcestershire has a different take. A hooded man at the door of the Iranian Embassy in London with what appears to be a gun in his left hand May 2 1980.

The Iranian Embassy siege took place from 30 April to 5 May 1980 after a group of six armed men stormed the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate in South Kensington LondonThe gunmen Iranian Arabs campaigning for sovereignty of Khuzestan Province took 26 people hostage including embassy staff several visitors and a police officer who had been guarding the embassy. B Squadron who were during their stint on the Anti-Terrorist team sped down the motorway to London. John McAleese led the black-clad SAS team which blew its way into the Iranian embassy.

B Squadron was composed of two teams Red Team and Blue Team and the assault force was made up of about 35 SAS operators. Tom a sniper Mac an assault specialist and Robin Horsfall a karate expert who remembers a sniper team member telling him. The operation was directed by a team comprising the Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner John Dellow Home Office Assistant Secretary Hayden Phillips and Lieutenant Colonel Michael Rose commanding officer of the Special Air Service SAS.