FOI release

The Iranian embassy siege in Princes Gate, London, between 30 April 1980 and 5 May 1980.

FOI 2277 We received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) for the following: ‘My request relates to the Iranian embassy…

• From: Home Office
• Published: 30 January 2006

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FOI 2277

We received a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) for the following:

‘My request relates to the Iranian embassy siege in Princes Gate, London between April 30 1980 and May 5 1980. A number of gunmen seized the Iranian embassy and held the occupants hostage. The siege was finally ended when members of the SAS stormed the embassy.
Under the act, I would like to request a list of files held by the Home Office relating to the siege. I would like to ask for the titles of these files, the dates of these files and any other significant information. I assume that there would be files on this subject, for example, relating to
the offices of the Home Secretary, other ministers, and the Permanent Secretary.’

We released the following information on:

Date: Mon Jan 30 00:00:00 GMT 2006

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• The Iranian embassy siege in Princes Gate, London, between 30 April 1980 and 5 May 1980. (PDF file - 7kb)

Published 30 January 2006