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#IranProtests - 28 June 2018
(1)
Tehran, #Iran
Strike continues in:
Gold retailers & jewelers in Raste & Sabzeh Meydan
Shoe & textile shops in Soltani bazaar

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018
(8)
Tehran, #Iran
First images of today's strikes by the capital's famous gold retailers.

#QAnon
#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.

#QAnon
#IranProtests
(10)
Tehran, #Iran
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.

#QAnon
#IranProtests
(11)
Tehran, #Iran
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.

#QAnon
#IranProtests
(12)
Isfahan, central #Iran
Sources say the general strike continues in this city's Mellat & Honar gold retailers' bazaar.

#QAnon

Active Farsi hashtag:
#تظاهرات_سراسرى
#IranProtests
(13)
Tehran, #Iran
Sources say stores in the city's metal bazaar in Shad Abad district are all on strike.

#QAnon

Active Farsi hashtag:
#تظاهرات_سراسرى
#IranProtests
(14)
Tehran, #Iran
Sources provide video of continuing strikes in the capital's Sabzeh Meydan strike.
(Video has no sound)

#QAnon

Active Farsi hashtag:
#تظاهرات_سراسرى
#IranProtests
(15)
Tehran, #Iran
Another video of Shad Abad's metal bazaar explaining how stores are closed & security units are dispatched to the area.

#QAnon

Active Farsi hashtag:
#تظاهرات_سراسرى
#IranProtests
(16)
Arak, central #Iran
Voice says the tools bazaar in this city is closed & there are no customers in sight.

#QAnon

Active Farsi hashtag:
#تظاهرات_سراسرى
#IranProtests
(17)
Tehran, #Iran
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"

#QAnon

Active Farsi hashtag:
#تظاهرات_سراسرى
#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.

#QAnon
#IranProtests - 28 June 2018
(19)
Tehran, #Iran
Store owners in the capital's rug bazaar join the expanding #IranStrikes.

#QAnon

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