#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (2) Tehran, #Iran
Authorities have dispatched a number of busses filled with riot police to the Nasser Khosrow district to create a climate of fear for anyone intending to continue their strike & launch protests today.
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (3) Tehran, #Iran
Sources say authorities have dispatched more security units today & they are very concerned considering the fact that people have issued many calls for strikes & protests.
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (4) Tehran, #Iran
Bazaar strikes continue. Sources say the main retailers & the market's main investors have closed their stores.
This means they are seeking objectives far more important than economic issues & have political demands in mind.
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (5) Tehran, #Iran
Many stores in Tehran are running short of Coca Cola, Pepsi & Fonta drinks.
They only have the domestic brand called Zam Zam.
One person says Coca Cola production in Iran may be coming to a halt.
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (6) Tehran, #Iran
Reports indicate Greater Tehran police chief Hossein Rahimi is at the gold & jewelery retailers in the bazaar.
Nationwide strike crisis is increasing for the regime.
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (7) Tehran, #Iran
Police chief Hossein Ashtari has personally gone to the gold bazaar, This proves how the general strike crisis is escalating & causing grave concerns for the senior regime officials.
#HappeningNow #IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (9) Tehran, #Iran
First video of today's strike in Sabzeh Meydan district.
Source say the strike of the city's famous Grand Bazaar is continuing into its 5th consecutive day.
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Thanks to @rasuyab I stand corrected.
The plainclothes agent seen attacking protesters has been identified as IRGC Col. Saeed Rasti, chief of Tehran police operations center.
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Gold retailers in Karimkhan Avenue are all closed & on strike.
Source says the capital's central streets are filled with security forces & riot police dispatched to prevent any protests and/or demonstrations.
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Another video of Shad Abad's metal bazaar explaining how stores are closed & security units are dispatched to the area.
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Another video of Shad Abad's metal bazaar.
Protesters are chanting:
"Close it, close it"
"No fear, we're all together"
"State police, support us"
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018 (18) Tehran, #Iran
Police chief Hossein Ashtari personally went to the gold bazaar, This proves how the #IranStrikes crisis is escalating & rendering grave concerns for senior regime officials.
#BREAKING
U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted the resignation of Nikki Haley as UN Ambassador.
My gut tells me an even bigger story will develop.
Rest assured #Iran's regime is terrified about who Trump/Pompeo will appoint as their new envoy. axios.com/donald-trump-n…
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley spoke six months ago with President Donald Trump about the subject of resigning.
Will be staying at this post until the end of the year.
#BREAKING
Amb. Nikki Haley saying she will be campaigning for President Trump in 2020.
2) "Criminal networks are using Iran as a transit point for illicit Somali charcoal exports that earn Islamist militants al Shabaab millions of dollars annually in tax, U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report seen by Reuters."
3) "... domestic revenue generation by al Qaeda-affiliated al Shabaab 'is more geographically diversified and systematic' than that of Somalia’s federal government."
#BreakingNews
Cities across #Iran are witnessing a general strike as stores are closing across the country.
This goes alongside the truckers' nationwide strike that has spread to over 310 cities now. #IranProtests #IranianTruckersOnStrike
October 8
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say all gold market stores are closed. #IranProtests
October 8 #Iran
Images of stores closed in the cities of Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan & Sanandaj. #IranProtests
#BreakingNews
Reports indicate atmosphere in #Iran's parliament (the Majlis) is very tense as members review the anti-money laundering Financial Action Task Force (FATF) signing bill.
Sources say "hardliners" are voicing threats about the signing of this bill.
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2) #BreakingNews
"Regarding the FATF, should we commit suicide today by signing this bill because we're going to die in the future?" says Behrouz Nemati, a member of #Iran's Majlis (parliament).
3) "Hardliners in Iran’s parliament have opposed passing legislation toward compliance with FATF standards, arguing it could hamper Iranian financial support for allies such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah, which the US has classified as a terrorist organization." reuters.com/article/us-ira…
"It did not say where Zahedifar was arrested. In a video carried by state broadcaster IRIB, a blindfolded man who identified himself as Zahedifar denied he had fled Iran." uk.reuters.com/article/uk-ira…