Things are not going well in Iran. The people are feeling the cold, and the Mullahs are feeling the heat.
This s video of a general strike breaking out in Tehran, bringing the entire country to a stand still.
How is this going to change the Middle East? No one really knows - it's the Middle East, after all - but it looks a lot like Israel is winning. And that makes Trump a winner.
UPDATE:
Tehran merchants striking over rising prices and currency rates. Today, Sunday, December 29, 2024, large sections of Tehran’s bazaar went on strike in protest against crippling price hikes and skyrocketing currency rates. They organized a protest march, urging other merchants to join the strike.
The strike and protest began in the Shoemakers’ Bazaar and quickly spread to the Rasteh Bazaar, Small Charsu, the Fabric Sellers’ Bazaar, Bagh Sepahsalar, Seyyed Vali Passage, Hammam Chal Passage, and the Coppersmiths’ Bazaar. Shortly afterward, the fabric sellers in Abbasabad Passage, Sepah Bazaar, and Mellat Passage also joined the strike. Protesters chanted: “Courageous merchants, support, support!” “Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, shut it down, shut it down!” and “You can’t do business with an 80,000 toman dollar!”
In a statement, the merchants cited several reasons for their strike, including the shortage of raw materials due to soaring currency rates, severe economic stagnation caused by exorbitant prices, lack of liquidity in the market, and heavy taxes....
Stay tuned.
Onward and upward,
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