Khuzestan province
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Khuzestan province is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. An extension of the Mesopotamian Plain, it is located in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf, and covering an area
Panoroma of the Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System 01
Shush Castle Darafsh
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Choqa Zanbil 2
Iranian Embassy siege
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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 Prince's Gate in South Kensington, London.
Khuzestan province
…In the wake of the uprising's suppression, in 1980 a separatist group called the Arab Popular Movement in Arabistan (See Arab separatism in Khuzestan) seized the Iranian Embassy in London, taking 26 hostages. The standoff over their demand for the release of 91 of their comrades held in Iranian jails, ended in the storming of the building…
The Iranian Embassy, severely damaged by fire following the end of the siege
The front of the Iranian embassy in 2008
The front of 14 Prince's Gate, head office of the Royal College of General Practitioners, which was used as a base by the SAS during the siege.
Members of B Squadron S.A.S. pictured with Diana, Princess of Wales and Prince Charles during a training exercise in 1983