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When IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands died, the Iranian government renamed Winston Churchill Boulevard, the location of the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Tehran, to Bobby Sands Street, prompting the embassy to move its entrance to avoid using Bobby Sands Street on its letterhead.

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After the death of several Northern Irish republicans in a prison hunger strike, the Iranian government renamed the street where the British Embassy in Tehran is located from Winston Churchill Boulevard to Bobby Sands Street, after one of the strikers.

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1. Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) volunteered to undergo the same force-feeding that Guantanamo hunger strikers undergo twice a day. He lasted only a minute before begging them to stop.

2. Irom Chanu Sharmila a.k.a "Iron Lady", who has been fasted for over 16 years beginning from the year 2000. She is said to be the world's longest hunger striker.

3. When Irish hunger striker Bobby Sands died in 1981 there were numerous protests around the world including Norway, Portugal, France, America, India and Russia. Iran went so far as to rename 'Winston Churchill Street' where the British Embassy was located to 'Babi Sanz Street'.

4. The world's longest hunger striker- Irom Chanu Sharmila ,began her hunger strike on 2 November 2000 which is still ongoing. she has vowed not to eat, drink, comb her hair or look in a mirror until a controversial act which grants special powers to Indian Armed Forces is repelled.

5. In 2017 Pizza Hut invoked protests from Palestinians and supporters when their Israeli wing's Facebook post referenced Palestinian hunger striker Mahwar Barghouti's alleged strike break with "Barghouti, if you're going to break a strike, why not pizza?"