TEHRAN – The city council in Tehran on Tuesday decided to name two streets and one highway after President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hussein Amir-Abdollahian who lost their lives in a helicopter crash in the country’s northwest.
The council decided in its 240th session to rename a long section of the Be’sat Highway in south of the city after Martyr Ebrahim Raisi.
A section of East Pasteur Street, located in central Tehran, will also be named after President Raisi, said the council.
The Koushk-e Mesri Street in downtown Tehran, where the Iranian Foreign Ministry is located, will be renamed after Martyr Amir-Abdollahian, it said.