<P> At approximately 11: 30 on Wednesday 30 April the six heavily armed members of DRFLA stormed the Iranian Embassy building on Princes Gate, South Kensington . The gunmen quickly overpowered Police Constable Trevor Lock of the Metropolitan Police's Diplomatic Protection Group (DPG). Lock was carrying a concealed Smith & Wesson . 38 - calibre revolver, but was unable to draw it before he was overpowered, although he did manage to press the "panic button" on his radio . Lock was later frisked, but the gunman conducting the search did not find the constable's weapon . He remained in possession of the revolver, and to keep it concealed refused to remove his coat, which he told the gunmen was to "preserve his image" as a police officer . The officer also refused offers of food throughout the siege for fear that the weapon would be seen if he had to use the toilet and a gunman decided to escort him . </P> <P> Although the majority of the people in the embassy were captured, three managed to escape--two by climbing out of a ground - floor window and the third by climbing across a first - floor (second - floor in American dialect) parapet to the Ethiopian Embassy next door . A fourth person, Gholam - Ali Afrouz--the chargé d'affaires and thus most senior Iranian official present--briefly escaped by jumping out of a first - floor window, but was injured in the process and quickly captured . Afrouz and the 25 other hostages were all taken to a room on the second floor . The majority of the hostages were embassy staff--predominantly Iranian nationals, but several British employees were also captured . The other hostages were all visitors, with the exception of Lock, the British police officer guarding the embassy . Afrouz had been appointed to the position less than a year before, his predecessor having been dismissed after the revolution . Abbas Fallahi, who had been a butler before the revolution, was appointed the doorman by Afrouz . One of the British members of staff was Ron Morris, from Battersea, who had worked for the embassy in various positions since 1947 . </P> <P> During the course of the siege, police and journalists established the identities of several other hostages . Mustapha Karkouti was a journalist covering the crisis at the US Embassy in Tehran and was at the embassy for an interview with Abdul Fazi Ezzati, the cultural attaché . Muhammad Hashir Faruqi was another journalist, at the embassy to interview Afrouz for an article on the Iranian Revolution . Simeon "Sim" Harris and Chris Cramer, both employees of the BBC, were at the embassy attempting to obtain visas to visit Iran--hoping to cover the aftermath of the 1979 revolution--after several unsuccessful attempts . They found themselves sitting next to Moutaba Mehrnavard, who was there to consult Ahmad Dadgar, the embassy's medical adviser, and Ali Asghar Tabatabai, who was collecting a map for use in a presentation he had been asked to give at the end of a course he had been attending . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Hostage </Th> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Th> Fate </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Afrouz! Gholam - Ali Afrouz </Th> <Td> Embassy Chargé d'affaires </Td> <Td> wounded during assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Bouroumand! Shirazeh Bouroumand </Th> <Td> Embassy secretary </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Cramer! Chris Cramer </Th> <Td> BBC sound organiser </Td> <Td> released prior to assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dadgar! Ahmad Dadgar </Th> <Td> Medical adviser </Td> <Td> wounded during assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ezzati! Abdul Fazi Ezzati </Th> <Td> Iranian cultural attaché </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Fallahi! Abbas Fallahi </Th> <Td> Embassy doorman </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Farugi! Muhammad Hashir Faruqi </Th> <Td> British - Pakistani editor of Impact International </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ghanzafar! Ali Guil Ghanzafar </Th> <Td> Pakistani tourist </Td> <Td> released prior to assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Harris! Simeon Harris </Th> <Td> BBC sound recordist </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hashemenian! Nooshin Hashemenian </Th> <Td> Embassy secretary </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kaghachi! Roya Kaghachi </Th> <Td> Secretary to Dr. Afrouz </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Kanji! Hiyech Sanei Kanji </Th> <Td> Embassy secretary </Td> <Td> released prior to assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Karkouti, Mustapha Mustapha Karkouti </Th> <Td> Syrian journalist </Td> <Td> released prior to assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Khabaz! Vahid Khabaz </Th> <Td> Iranian student </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lavasani! Abbas Lavasani </Th> <Td> Chief Press Officer </Td> <Td> killed prior to assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Lock! Trevor Lock </Th> <Td> Metropolitan Police Constable, Diplomatic Protection Group </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mehrnavard! Moutaba Mehrnavard </Th> <Td> Carpet dealer </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Jishverdi - Moghaddam! Aboutaleb Jishverdi - Moghaddam </Th> <Td> Iranian attaché </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Moheb! Muhammad Moheb </Th> <Td> Embassy accountant </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Morris! Ronald Morris </Th> <Td> Embassy manager and chauffeur </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mozafarian! Frieda Mozafarian </Th> <Td> Press officer </Td> <Td> released prior to assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Naghizadeh! Issa Naghizadeh </Th> <Td> First Secretary </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Samadzadeh! Ali Akbar Samadzadeh </Th> <Td> Temporary employee at embassy </Td> <Td> killed during assault </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Tabatabal! Ali Asghar Tabatabai </Th> <Td> Banker </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Taghi! Kaujouri Muhammad Taghi </Th> <Td> Accountant </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Zomorrodian! Zahra Zomorrodian </Th> <Td> Embassy clerk </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

1980 six day siege of the iranian embassy in london