From a hostage crisis, a years-long war, and a nuclear dispute, Iran's struggles remain pivotal to its identity.

At 19:30, on Wednesday, April 30, 1980, a small, secret, and exceptionally well-equipped army rolled out of Bradbury Lines, the Special Air Service camp at Hereford. Locals tended to be overly curious ...

Trevor Lock, who has died aged 85, was the police constable taken hostage by terrorists during the siege of the Iranian Embassy in London in 1980; for his bravery he was awarded the George Medal, ...