After backlash, Iran backs down from renaming Tehran street after Sinwar
Members of Tehran's City Council had voted to rename Bisotoun Street after the slain Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. However, following a strong backlash, a member of the Council’s presiding board announced that the street’s name would remain unchanged.
Bisotoun is the name of a mountain in western Iran, home to ancient inscriptions from pre-Islamic times. It is also the setting for the love story of Farhad and Shirin in the poems of Persian poet Nezami.
