From Fox News: The driver of a U-Haul truck that drove through protesters demonstrating against the Iranian regime in Los Angeles on Sunday, was arrested after he was attacked with flag poles until police arrived to take the man into custody.
Calor Madanescht, 48, was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department on suspicion of reckless driving, the LAPD said Monday. Video shows the crowd of people running toward the truck and surrounding it as people can be heard chanting at the driver behind the wheel.
One member of the crowd climbed onto the truck and stomped on its windshield. Others took flagpoles bearing the Iranian flag and stuck them through an open passenger-side window, appearing to jab the suspect.
A person was also seen tearing down a banner on the side of the truck that read, in all capital letters, “NO SHAH. NO REGIME. USA: DON’T REPEAT 1953. NO MULLAH.”
As the truck drove through the crowd, he was chased down by many in the crowd, who got to him before the police did.
Police finally dragged Madanescht out of the truck and took him into custody.
🚨 BREAKING: Full compilation video shows U-Haul tw/Arabic signage mowing down people at a protest against the Islamic Iranian regime in Los Angeles. The driver was arrested. NOTE: If USA didn’t take in so many immigrants, this sort of thing doesn’t happen on our soil. pic.twitter.com/6a6HFYcjah
— Dennis Michael Lynch (@TrustDML) January 12, 2026
In the statement released Monday afternoon, the LAPD said Madanescht has been charged with reckless driving, and is being held on $0 bail.
Police said no one has reported actually being struck by the truck.
LAPD News: Driver Arrested After Driving Box Truck Toward West Los Angeles Protest pic.twitter.com/M4pVafxfHt
— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) January 12, 2026
This footage of Iranian demonstrators taking down the U-Haul driver who tried to mow down a rally in Los Angeles is the most insane one yet.
Hundreds of people immediately chased this guy down, destroyed his truck, and neutralized him before the LAPD even got involved. pic.twitter.com/6qeO9hn4zw
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) January 12, 2026
READ MORE from Fox News.
The man who drove a U-Haul truck into a crowd of protesters in Westwood, causing the otherwise peaceful anti-Iranian regime demonstration to turn chaotic, has been identified and arrested for reckless driving, investigators confirmed. https://t.co/SgXPwWQTXx pic.twitter.com/Y4DEONJiFv
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) January 12, 2026
Based on the QR code visible on the vehicle of the U-Haul driver who moved through the crowd during today’s Los Angeles protest, the code links to the Instagram page:
bandar_e_bushehr_to_kermanshah
This page belongs to a person who presents himself as part of an identity-based… https://t.co/SweGbInOdO pic.twitter.com/hJenMhRkOu
— آرش یوسفی -ARASH (@arash_Cosmo) January 12, 2026
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