Arash Behmanesh
Iran’s Traditional Bazaar: National Benefits or Personal Profit?
Bazaar on Strike: the Government and Bazaar Confront Two weeks of strikes and protests have continued in Iran’s bazaars in Tehran and other cities despite agreements between the government and the merchants’ unions, and in spite of of an official government announcement that declared an end to the disputes. Thus the ...
Imprisoned Economists
In late December 2009, after the violent suppression of protests held on Ashura (December 27), a new wave of arrests took place that targeted individuals close to Mir Hossein Musavi, Mehdi Karrubi, and Mohammad Khatami, three politicians commonly acknowledged as the leaders of the Green Movement. These arrests targeted individuals ...
The Green Movement without Workers
Ebrahim, a young man from Kermanshah who has traveled to a south-western port city in Iran in search of work, confirms the same sentiment: “At least, Ahmadinejad cares about workers. Although I have not, my brother-in-law received a loan from the bank last week. Ahmadinejad personally ordered the bank to ...
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