Bazaar strike- No. 6
Arrest of a number of strikers
NCRI – On Tuesday July 13 around 18:00, on the eighth day of Bazaar strike, in an vengefully attempt and in a bid to force Bazaar merchants to break their strike, State Security Forces attacked two shopkeepers in Shoemakers Bazaar and wounded them.
The people on the scene and other merchants who were on strike in their shops rushed to the aid of the victims.
Chanting ‘Death to dictator', the people and merchants clashed with the SSF agents and expelled them from Bazaar.
On Tuesday, the merchants of Tabriz and Gonbade-Kavoos (northeast) Bazaars joined the strike.
During the Tehran Bazaar strike, a number of merchants and young people who have rushed to their support, including the representative of the textile guild were arrested by the suppressive forces. No information on their fate is available.
Secretariat of National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 14, 2010
