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Anxieties Grow in Iranian Kurdish Town as Strike Enters 11th Day

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Iranian Kurdish shopkeepers have extended a strike in a northwestern border town to an 11th day as they protest Tehran’s policies in the region, causing some distress within the local community. Residents of Baneh who contacted VOA Persian via social media shared images of stores remaining closed Wednesday, as part of a strike that began April 15. Shop workers are protesting the Iranian government’s monthslong closure of border footpaths that they rely upon for...

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