Iran burger bar named after Bobby Sands

A burger bar named after hunger striker Bobby Sands might seem a bizarre combination but it’s proved a hit with locals in uptown Tehran.

Iran burger bar named after Bobby Sands

The tiny Bobby Sands Burger Bar in the affluent suburbs of the Iranian capital features images of the late IRA prisoner taken from a famous Belfast mural dedicated to him.

Sands, who died aged 27 after a 66-day hunger strike, was elected to the House of Commons a month before his death.

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