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   From: noreply@mixmin.net   
      
   A U-Haul truck drove into a crowd of demonstrators in Los Angeles during   
   an anti-Iranian regime rally in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon,   
   officials said.   
      
   The Los Angeles Fire Department said two patients were evaluated at the   
   scene and both declined treatment and transport.   
      
   The rally took place in the Westwood neighborhood. California Highway   
   Patrol requested the Los Angeles Police Department's help with traffic   
   control, shutting down the 405 Freeway ramp on Wilshire.   
      
   U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said on X that the FBI is investigating the   
   incident.   
      
   "FBI is on scene working with LAPD to determine the motive of the   
   driver. This is an active investigation and we will update the public   
   when we have more information," he said.   
      
   The demonstration in Los Angeles comes as the death toll from mass   
   protests in Iran has risen to over 500 people, according to data   
   compiled by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency on Sunday.   
      
   The group said it has confirmed the deaths of 490 protesters and 48   
   members of security forces. At least 10,600 people have been arrested,   
   according to HRANA.   
      
   ABC News cannot independently verify these numbers. The Iranian   
   government has not provided any death tolls during the ongoing protests.   
      
   HRANA said in its Saturday update that it had recorded 574 protest   
   locations across 185 cities and all 31 provinces of the country.   
      
   Saturday marked the fourteenth consecutive day of protests in the   
   country, but demonstrations have been spreading in Iran since late   
   December. The first marches took place in downtown Tehran, with   
   participants demonstrating against rising inflation and the falling   
   value of the national currency, the rial.   
      
   As the protests spread, some have taken on a more explicitly   
   anti-government tone, with some protesters chanting slogans including   
   "student, be the voice of your people," and "death to Islamic Republic."   
      
   https://abcnews.go.com/US/haul-drives-crowd-los-angeles-anti-iranian-regi   
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