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U-Haul drives into crowd during anti-Iranian regime rally in Westwood, LAPD says
ABC7 ^ | Jan 11, 2026 | ABC7

Posted on 01/11/2026 4:24:46 PM PST by backpacker_c

WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Chaos erupted after a driver allegedly plowed a U-Haul into a crowd during an anti-Iranian regime protest near the federal building in Westwood on Saturday afternoon.

Eyewitness News later learned that the man allegedly drove the U-Haul into the crowd during the planned protest. Cellphone video from the ground shows the moment he drove through, angering the crowd.

The cellphone shows the side of the U-Haul says, "NO SHAH. NO REGIME. USA: DON'T REPEAT 1953. NO MULLAH."

(Excerpt) Read more at abc7.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: abc7; antiiran; california; iran; kabc; lapd; losangeles; losangelesprotest; newsomcdl; runoveriranians; uhaul; wasrandpauldriving; westwood
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Being reported no injuries

iCkEdMel is playing various video of the event

BREAKING LIVE: Truck Plows Into Crowd of Protestors in West Los Angeles

1 posted on 01/11/2026 4:24:46 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

If there are no injuries, he didn’t plow into them.


2 posted on 01/11/2026 4:28:10 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: backpacker_c

Arrest the U-Haul.


3 posted on 01/11/2026 4:28:33 PM PST by DFG
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To: backpacker_c
Goldie's channel showed him being arrested and protected from the crowd by the police. He is likely a member of the MEK

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4 posted on 01/11/2026 4:29:27 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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To: backpacker_c

I get confused. So was the driver of the Uhaul for keeping the current gov’t in power and against a free Iran?


5 posted on 01/11/2026 4:32:48 PM PST by RWGinger
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To: KarlInOhio
Goldie Ghamari's current live "Iranian Revolution Live" thread on youtube.

Her youtube home page.


6 posted on 01/11/2026 4:34:04 PM PST by KarlInOhio (I pray that the sleeping giant has finally awakened and been filled with a terrible resolve.)
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To: ConservativeMind

It appears the uhaul was going about 30-40 mph, which is why I’m skeptical there were no injuries, and saying what kabc reported, that police said...


7 posted on 01/11/2026 4:35:56 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

Guess he was trying to MOVE them.


8 posted on 01/11/2026 4:36:22 PM PST by chuck allen
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To: RWGinger

I’m confused a bit, too due to the rally being anti-iranian regime, and the signage on the truck.


9 posted on 01/11/2026 4:37:20 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: RWGinger

He’s MEK. Against both the Mullahs and a Monarchy. See the link above your post.


10 posted on 01/11/2026 4:38:56 PM PST by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: backpacker_c

The real question is, how did he get a U-haul? Californians have taken all of them to Texas and Florida.


11 posted on 01/11/2026 4:41:32 PM PST by Yogafist
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RE: Arrest the U-Haul.

Or just punish it by shooting rounds into the windshield. Unoccupied.

Someday: A self-driving vehicle controlled by a distant device or one programmed, can plow into crowds or into glass door buildings. Terrorism.

The wildly imaginative and unlikely fictional plot (/S) on the great tv series The Lone Gunmen (X-Files spinoff) of the episode “Pilot” had a jumbo jet taken over from a device on the ground, to plow into the World Trade Center. Where do they get those ideas?

The actual 9/11 happened later that same year. The producer had an apology precede the re-run a few months after 9/11.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKM30nuZ48M


12 posted on 01/11/2026 4:41:53 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: ETCM

thanks for explaining


13 posted on 01/11/2026 4:42:41 PM PST by RWGinger
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To: backpacker_c

Funny seeing some dude run up and whack the perp on the back the head as the cops were cuffing him.


14 posted on 01/11/2026 4:42:52 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой)
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The anti-Mullahs don’t necessarily want the Pahlavis reinstalled. Mosaddegh was the PM of the Republic of Iran before the Shah, the CIA and SIS organized a color revolution to oust him because he wanted to nationalize their oil.


15 posted on 01/11/2026 4:51:06 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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Who do they want to rule Iran?


16 posted on 01/11/2026 4:52:13 PM PST by RWGinger
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To: Mr. Blond

Who do they want to rule Iran?


17 posted on 01/11/2026 4:52:13 PM PST by RWGinger
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To: backpacker_c
Tweet of when the truck went through crowd

There wasn't as many people in the street, as it appeared

BREAKING: Another angle of the U-Haul truck plowing through anti-Islamic regime protestors in Los Angeles

18 posted on 01/11/2026 4:52:23 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: RWGinger

They want a return to the pre-Shah parliamentary republic.


19 posted on 01/11/2026 4:53:26 PM PST by Mr. Blond
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To: backpacker_c
And here is when initially the truck arrived on scene. It had come to a stop by protesters in front of it, but then it accellerated to go down the street.

Reports of a U-Haul truck mowing down “protestors” at a protest against the Islamic Iranian regime in Los Angeles, California

ABC7 says they are starting their regular 5pm pst.

Some of you may be able to play their drm protected content if you want to watch it there

20 posted on 01/11/2026 5:01:22 PM PST by backpacker_c
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