Iranian Embassy Siege

Summary

Iranian Embassy Siege is a hostage taking^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of hostage_taking entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,494 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Iranian Embassy Siege is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's image is recorded as Zz embassy.jpg^[4].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's instance of is recorded as hostage taking^[5].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's instance of is recorded as siege^[6].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh95002955^[7].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's location is recorded as South Kensington^[8].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's part of is recorded as Arab separatism in Khuzestan^[9].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's part of is recorded as Thatcherism^[10].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's Commons category is recorded as Iranian Embassy, London^[11].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's target is recorded as Embassy of Iran, London^[12].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's start time is recorded as +1980-04-30T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's end time is recorded as +1980-05-05T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.501705555556, 'lon': -0.17199444444444}^[15].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/026tly^[16].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan^[17].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as Special Air Service^[18].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as United Kingdom^[19].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as Peter de la Billière^[20].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as John Dellow^[21].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as Michael Rose^[22].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's participant is recorded as John McAleese^[23].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+2'}^[24].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}^[25].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's number of participants is recorded as {'amount': '+6'}^[26].
• Iranian Embassy Siege's number of participants is recorded as {'amount': '+26'}^[27].

Why It Matters

Iranian Embassy Siege ranks in the top 4% of hostage_taking entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,494 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]