Live TV pictures were broadcast to millions of people across the world, who watched as the SAS went in through the front balcony. They then threatened to kill the rest of the hostages and blow up the embassy if their demands were not met, and so the call was made to send in the SAS. On the sixth day the gunmen shot dead Iranian press attaché Abbas Lavasani, and dumped his body outside the building. The terrorists had entered the embassy on 30 April, and for six days the world watched and waited. Rusty Firmin was third in command of the troops that stormed the Iranian Embassy in London, killing five terrorist gunmen, and rescuing 19 hostages.
Listen to interviews, by BBC Hereford & Worcester's Nicola Goodwin, with former members of the Special Air Service, and their wives, about life in this elite regiment, and their base at Credenhill in Hereford: "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.BBC - Hereford - SAS: Troopers tell their stories An exciting account of some of this century's most sensitive and dangerous operations, told by a born raconteur, The Joker is also offers a genuine insight into the toughness, professionalism and camaraderie that has made the SAS the world's premier fighting force. He outlines the operational skills that took his teams deep into enemy territory without ever being captured, reveals how they achieved their objectives and describes the humour that he managed to find in the most hair-raising moments. Now in his autobiography he vividly describes life as a soldier at the sharp end, giving first-hand accounts of the many actions he was involved in, from jungle warfare in Borneo and desert fighting in Aden to undercover operations in Northern Ireland and his part in the setting up of the counter-terrorist team that was successfully used in the siege of the Iranian Embassy in 1980.
During that time he served - often covertly - in many of the world's worst troublespots. He joined the SAS in 1963 and eventually hung up his boots in 1986, twenty-three years later. Pete Scholey, ex-Royal Artillery and Parachute Regiment, possessed the necessary mix of courage and coolness under extreme pressure. To survive twenty years of active service in the SAS takes a particular kind of man.
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