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 ...

An SAS hero who took part in the infamous Iranian embassy siege and daring raids during the Falklands War has died aged 82.

One of the last surviving SAS soldiers who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry was part of the SAS team that ended the 1980 siege six days after six armed men took 26 ...

Hundreds of people have attended the funeral of an SAS soldier who stormed the Iranian embassy in London during a siege in 1980. Mel Parry helped save 19 hostages after six terrorists took over ...

One of the final surviving SAS members who stormed the Iranian embassy in London has died. Mel Parry died after a ‘very long illness,’ SAS veteran Bob Shepherd said. He described him as ‘one of the ...

FRIENDS of an SAS Iran Embassy siege hero have launched a public appeal to help pay for his crippling care home costs. Sekonaia “Tak” Takavesi’s military pension and contributions from ...

An SAS officer who took part in the storming of the Iranian embassy in London in 1980 is to be commemorated in his home town in Derbyshire.

Mel Parry was part of the SAS team which ended the 1980 siege after six armed men took 26 people hostage within the building. Members of the Special Air Service (SAS) enter the Iranian Embassy in ...

Inside the blacked-out building, now in flames and awash with CS gas, the remaining five terrorists were being hunted down as the SAS operation reached its dramatic conclusion.

But in 2002 Louise Norman and Peter Taylor produced the Bafta-winning documentary SAS Embassy Siege in which they interviewed three assault team members. Fighting Scared was published the same year.

Tributes after death of SAS soldier who stormed Iranian embassy to end siege Mel Parry was part of the SAS team which ended the 1980 siege after six armed men took 26 people hostage within the ...