Unrest at the Great Bazaar of Tehran
June 7, 2010
Breaking the iron blinds of the stores
July 7, 2010 – At 1500 Some Plainclothes backed up by SSF attacked the closed stores in Fabric Bazaar and tear apart the iron blinds of the shops that were closed since yesterday. These shopkeepers hadn’t opened their stores in spite of the warning that was broadcasted from a loudspeaker by SSF.
These suppressive vicious forces broke the glasses and thrown all the belongings of these shops out.
Other Bazaaries (Bazaari= merchants and shopkeepers of Bazaar) protested and clashed with SSF. Azizollah Kashani a 68 years old Bazaari was stabbed by Plainclothes and was bleeding from face and shoulder and was immediately transferred to the hospital by the crowd; chants of ‘death to dictator’ was heard in Bazaar.
A 68 year old merchant killed
July 7, 2010 - A well known fabric merchant named Azizollah Kashani died in the hospital after he was attacked and stabbed with knife by Bassij forces in the Tehran Bazaar early afternoon today.
Severe clashes in Bazaar
July 7, 2010 – A few hours ago after Azizollah Kashani was killed many of the shopkeepers there closed their shops in protest and started a protest. People joined them and as the number of crowd increased anti regime slogans were chanted and suppressive forces where mobilized there.
Streets of Pamenar and 15 Khordad are under the siege of Plainclothes and security forces.
All the roots to Bazaar are closed by suppressive forces. The trains don’t stop at the metro station of Bazaar. The city is under the control from Topkhaneh Square to Nasser Khosro to Sirus Street.
Bazaaries of Isfahan under threat
July 7, 2010 – To support the Bazaar of Tehran, Bazaar of Isfahan intended to close today. The security agents threatened well known Bazaaries there in fear of the spread of strike. Bazaar is the heart of Iran’s economy.
Strike in Tabriz’s Bazaar
July 7, 2010 – A part of Tabriz’s Bazaar, bazaar of plastic and household appliances and some other sections were closed today to protest along with Bazaaries of Tehran against increase in taxes.
Skirmishes in Tehran’s Great Bazaar
July 7, 2010 - Following spread of the news of several casualties (dead and injury) from Bazaaries (merchants and shopkeepers of Bazaar) by Plainclothes a great number of people and other Bazaaries went toward Fabric Bazaar.
A huge crowd gathered and people started chanting anti regime slogans. Forces of Especial Units, SSF and Plainclothes flooded into the bazaar and used teargas to disperse the crowd they also attacked them by batons.
Tomorrow Tehran’s Bazaar will be fully in strike for sure.
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