They were later released. In 1981,Tehran authorities changed the name of the road running in front of the British embassy from Churchill Street to Bobby Sands Street, after the Irish Republican Army member who died on a hunger strike in prison.

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Crime movie In Bruges, directed by Martin McDonagh, is up for the film award, along with Hunger - director Steve McQueen's depiction of IRA prisoner Bobby Sands.

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Bobby Sands summed it all up best for me.

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