Stores were open in a shopping mall in Baneh, Iran, May 18, 2018, but it was virtually deserted of customers who have stayed away from the city. Local residents blame the lack of business on Tehran’s monthslong blockade of border footpaths, which Baneh shopkeepers have relied upon to import desirable goods from Iraq.
In Baneh, Iran, Border Closure Empties Stores
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Stores were open in a shopping mall in Baneh, Iran, May 18, 2018, but it was virtually deserted. Local residents blame the lack of business on Tehran’s monthslong blockade of border footpaths, which Baneh shopkeepers have relied upon to import desirable goods from Iraq.
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Stores were open in a shopping mall in Baneh, Iran, May 18, 2018, but it was virtually deserted. Local residents blame the lack of business on Tehran’s monthslong blockade of border footpaths, which Baneh shopkeepers have relied upon to import desirable goods from Iraq.
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Stores were open in a shopping mall in Baneh, Iran, May 18, 2018, but it was virtually deserted. Local residents blame the lack of business on Tehran’s monthslong blockade of border footpaths, which Baneh shopkeepers have relied upon to import desirable goods from Iraq.
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Stores were open in a shopping mall in Baneh, Iran, May 18, 2018, but it was virtually deserted. Local residents blame the lack of business on Tehran’s monthslong blockade of border footpaths, which Baneh shopkeepers have relied upon to import desirable goods from Iraq.