Tehran’s municipal council has named a street after an American activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli military bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003.
The report in Thursday’s edition of Hamshahri , a daily affiliated with the municipality, says the council decided to name the street Rachel Aliene Corrie.
The pro-Palestinian activist from Washington State was trying to prevent what she and other activists believed was a military push to demolish nearby Palestinian homes. Iran does not recognize Israel.
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The decision marks the first time since the 1979 Islamic Revolution that an Iranian street has been named after a U.S. national.
Before the revolution, at least three main Tehran streets were named after former U.S. Presidents.