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Photos: Protesters in LA call for regime change in Iran
People take part in a "Free Iran" rally in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Crowds of people gathered in Westwood on Sunday to support the anti-government protests in Iran. For weeks now, triggered by rising inflation, people across Iran have taken to the streets calling for regime change. As a result, hundreds have been killed.
Iranians in L.A.
An outsized portion of the Iranian diaspora make their homes in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. As of 2019, nearly 140,000 immigrants from Iran — representing more than one in three Iranian immigrants in the U.S. — lived in the L.A. area. More than half of all Iranian immigrants to the U.S. live in California overall.
Protesters in L.A. respond to reports that at least 192 protesters in Iran have been killed.
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Activists take part in a "Free Iran" rally in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Jonathan Alcorn
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A U-Haul truck clad with signs opposing the demonstrators also drove through the crowd in Westwood, although no injuries were reported. The Los Angeles police said they arrested the 48-year-old driver on suspicion of reckless driving.
A U-Haul truck drove through a group of protesters in Westwood on Sunday during the demonstration. No injuries were reported.
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According to human rights groups, the death toll has climbed into the hundreds as protests across Iran stretch into a third week, drawing the ire of President Donald Trump, who has mulled military intervention.
Activists take part in a "Free Iran" rally in Los Angeles.
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