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On January 8th, the twelfth day of mass protests in Iran, which began when shopkeepers, responding to runaway inflation, closed Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, the Iranian government shut down public access to the internet, further shrouding an already largely closed society.
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Iranian shopkeeper Erfan Soltani is seen in an undated photo posted on his Facebook account.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Iran’s regime has been trying to crack down on the protests, which began in late December with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants demonstrating against accelerating inflation and the collapse of the rial.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
However, a witness described speaking to multiple shopkeepers who said the security forces ordered them to reopen no matter what.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Iranian shopkeeper Erfan Soltani is seen in an undated photo posted on his Facebook account.
—Tucker Reals, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Iran’s regime has been trying to crack down on the protests, which began in late December with shopkeepers and bazaar merchants demonstrating against accelerating inflation and the collapse of the rial.
—Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 13 Jan. 2026
However, a witness described speaking to multiple shopkeepers who said the security forces ordered them to reopen no matter what.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Shopkeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shopkeeper. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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shopkeeper
noun
shop·keep·er
ˈshäp-ˌkē-pər 
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