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The merchants' strike is just one indication of the regime's economic woes.
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According to The Los Angeles Times, to hide the fact that the merchants remain on strike, on Sunday the regime announced that the bazaar was officially closed due to the excessive heat.
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Merchants recently went on strike in several cities, including Tehran, over higher sales taxes.
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There is talk that Iran's powerful bazaar merchants may go on strike.
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Meghalaya's enormous forest cover is community-owned, but timber merchants often bypass the local leaders to strike up deals with foresters.
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The case pitted American Express against various merchants, which asked the Court to strike down a provision in their contracts with the credit card giant forbidding them from forming class actions.
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The government would be particularly nervous of a strike amongst oil workers, or amongst the rich merchants, the Bazaaris, whose role in bringing down the Shah is almost legendary.
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"When the merchants of Hamidiya -- the main souq (marketplace) -- go on strike, you know you have lost the conscience and heart of Damascus, " wrote Joshua Landis, a Syria expert and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma.
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