The spokesperson for Faraja: Some people were paid to close the market
Mehdi Hajian announced that from the early hours of Tuesday morning, individuals created fear and panic by distributing threatening leaflets to intimidate the merchants of Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, attempting to prevent the shops from opening. Eleven of the intimidators were arrested, and some of them admitted in their initial confessions to receiving money from foreign intelligence services to incite chaos in the market.
Meanwhile, images received from Tehran’s market and other cities show that the widespread strike by merchants continued throughout the day. This is not the first time the Islamic Republic has accused protesters of receiving money from other governments.