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In 1981 the name of the street housing the embassy was changed from 'Winston Churchill Street' to 'Bobby Sands Street' after IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands in a deliberate effort to frustrate the embassy staff, in response the entrance was moved to the side of the compound facing Ferdowsi Avenue, allowing the Embassy to change its official address.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. Irish Provisional IRA member (1954–1981) Bobby Sands MP Roibeárd Ó Seachnasaigh Sands in Long Kesh, 1973 (aged 18–19) Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and South Tyrone In office 9 April 1981 – 5 May 1981 Preceded by Frank Maguire Succeeded by Owen Carron Personal details Born ...
In 1981, Churchill Avenue adjoining the British Embassy in Tehran was changed to Bobby Sands Avenue to commemorate a Northern Irish politician and member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died of a hunger strike in 1981 while incarcerated. [5] [6] Latvia:
A street outside the embassy in Tehran was renamed from Churchill Street to Khiyaban–E Bobby Sands, and members of the Iranian embassy in London attended Sands's funeral. [155] [191] [note 18] Over the course of the strikes, the British government faced increasing international opposition.
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After his victory and death, the Representation of the People Act was passed to prevent convicted prisoners serving sentences of more than one year from standing for Parliament in the United Kingdom, so Owen Carron, Sands' agent, stood as an "Anti-H-Block Proxy Political Prisoner" and won the seat in the subsequent by-election in August. [1] [2]
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One of the hunger strikers, Bobby Sands wrote poetry throughout the protest. [10] His best known poems include Weeping Winds [11] and The Rhythm of Time. [12] [13] Sands's narratives and various poems appear in the anthology Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song, [14] [15] and his poetry has been set to music by Seán Tyrell for his album A Message of Peace.