NCRI – On the twentieth day of the Iranian people’s nationwide uprising on Thursday, July 2, a large portion of Tehran’s Bazaar went on strike, with the majority of owners either refusing to open their shops or closing shop by noon. Agents from the clerical regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and plain-clothes agents had attempted to preclude the strike through intimidation and imposition of pressures.
On Wednesday, portions of the Tabriz (northwestern Iran) Bazaar, including jewelers and shoe traders, also went on strike.
Secretariat of the National Council of Resistance of Iran
July 2, 2009