Shop keepers in Kashan refused to obey
mandatory closure for Friday prayers
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A number of security agents in Kashan, central Iran,
raided the traditional Bazaar, located in the area between Baba Afzal Street
and Darvazeh Doulat ordering the shop owners to close their shops for Friday
prayers. They ordered shop owners to leave the bazar and go to the mosque to
attend the Friday prayer. But the shop keepers protested and refused to obey
their orders and told agents: this bazaar is no place for military government
and we decide when we open and when we close…
They also threated the suppressive guards to close the
entire bazar and go on strike if the security guard harassed them anymore …