Iranian Embassy siege

GPTKB entity

Statements (67)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:castle
hostage rescue
gptkbp:address gptkb:16_Princes_Gate,_South_Kensington,_London
gptkbp:casualties 2 hostages killed
1 gunman captured
5 gunmen killed
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:duration 6 days
gptkbp:endDate 1980-05-05
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Iranian Embassy siege
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:mainEvent hostage rescue
gptkbp:mediaCoverage live television broadcast
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Operation_Nimrod
SAS storming the embassy
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Sir_Michael_Heseltine
gptkb:Margaret_Thatcher
gptkb:Max_Vernon
gptkb:Robin_Horsfall
gptkb:Sir_Leon_Brittan
gptkb:Tom_Morrell
gptkb:Trevor_Lock
gptkb:David_Owen
gptkb:Sir_Geoffrey_Howe
gptkb:Sir_John_Hoskyns
gptkb:Michael_Rose
gptkb:John_McAleese
gptkb:Sir_John_Nott
gptkb:Sadegh_Ghotbzadeh
gptkb:Sir_David_McNee
gptkb:Sir_Peter_Imbert
gptkb:Sir_Maurice_Oldfield
gptkb:Charles_Shoebridge
gptkb:Fowzi_Badavi_Nejad
gptkb:Peter_Edmonds
gptkb:Rusty_Firmin
gptkb:Sir_Bernard_Ingham
gptkb:Sir_Ian_Gilmour
gptkb:Sir_John_Dellow
gptkb:Sir_John_Hunt
gptkb:Sir_Michael_Havers
gptkb:Sir_Patrick_Mayhew
gptkb:Sir_Robert_Armstrong
gptkb:Sir_Robin_Butler
gptkb:Sir_William_Whitelaw
gptkb:Tommy_Palmer
gptkb:Ilich_Ramírez_Sánchez
gptkbp:numberOfHostages 2
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gptkbp:numberOfHostagesFreed 19
gptkbp:numberOfPerpetrators 6
gptkbp:numberOfPerpetratorsCaptured 1
gptkbp:numberOfPerpetratorsKilled 5
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Democratic_Revolutionary_Front_for_the_Liberation_of_Arabistan
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Arab_separatism_in_Khuzestan
gptkb:Iran–Iraq_relations
British television history
gptkbp:responseForce gptkb:Special_Air_Service
gptkb:Metropolitan_Police
gptkbp:result hostages rescued
siege ended
gptkbp:significance influenced UK counter-terrorism policy
raised public profile of SAS
gptkbp:startDate 1980-04-30
gptkbp:target gptkb:Iranian_Embassy
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Nimrod
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6