Also read: Iran protests live updatesThe U-Haul truck, with a window and side mirrors shattered, was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. The driver, a man who was not identified, was detained “pending further investigation,” police said in a statement on Sunday (January 11, 2026) evening. Two people were evaluated by paramedics and both declined treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Several hundred people, some waving the flag of Iran, had gathered on Sunday (January 11, 2026) afternoon along Veteran Avenue in LA’s Westwood neighbourhood to protest against the Iranian theocracy. Protesters flooded the streets in Iran’s capital of Tehran and its second-largest city again on Sunday (January 11, 2026).

Source: The Hindu January 12, 2026 03:36 UTC