Tehran’s city council reportedly will name a street for Rachel Corrie, the American pro-Palestinian activist who was killed by an Israeli military bulldozer in Gaza.
Hamshari, a daily newspaper affiliated with the city government, reported Aug. 11 that the council had decided to rename a street Rachel Aliene Corrie.
Corrie was a 23-year-old student from Washington state who died while attempting to prevent the demolition of Palestinian homes. In 2010, an Irish-flagged ship in a Gaza flotilla named the Rachel Corrie was stopped by the Israeli navy.
The Corrie street will be the first street in Iran named for a U.S. national since the 1979 revolution. Prior to the revolution, at least three main streets in Tehran were named for former U.S. presidents. — jta