Los Angeles names intersection in memory of woman who sparked Iran protests

FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators display images of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman who died in policy custody, at a Freedom Rally for Iran, protesting in support of Iranian women and against Mahsa’s death, outside City Hall in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Bing Guan/File Photo

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday voted to name a street intersection in memory of Mahsa Amini, whose death in the custody of the morality police in Iran nearly a year ago sparked months of nationwide protests there.

Los Angeles, the second most populous U.S. city, is home to an Iranian community of nearly 138,000 people, of the 400,000-620,000 people of Iranian ancestry in the United States, according to the University of California, Los Angeles.