One thing you have to say is that many of the Iranians now living here have this bazaar mentality and will even try to bargain in a department store.
Dreaming Big in Iran’s Grand Bazaar
In Tehran’s bustling markets, high hopes for sanctions relief may not live up to the reality.
TEHRAN — Thousands of shoppers wend their way deep into Tehran’s bazaar, the ancient Persian answer to the shopping mall. Among the wealthy rug merchants and housewives bargaining for clothes, the main topic of conversation is the recent nuclear deal struck between Iran and six world powers, known as the P5+1.
Mahdi Panahi, a stocky man in his early 40s, sells electric shavers and hair dryers from a cramped stall in the bazaar. It’s so small that he holds his breath while squeezing past a business partner to reach customers.
“Many fewer people come here than before,” he said. “They don’t have money to spend. So they put off new purchases.”
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Dreaming Big in Iran s Grand Bazaar Foreign Policy?
Dreaming Big in Iran’s Grand Bazaar
In Tehran’s bustling markets, high hopes for sanctions relief may not live up to the reality.
- BY REESE ERLICH
- AUGUST 13, 2015
TEHRAN — Thousands of shoppers wend their way deep into Tehran’s bazaar, the ancient Persian answer to the shopping mall. Among the wealthy rug merchants and housewives bargaining for clothes, the main topic of conversation is the recent nuclear deal struck between Iran and six world powers, known as the P5+1.
Mahdi Panahi, a stocky man in his early 40s, sells electric shavers and hair dryers from a cramped stall in the bazaar. It’s so small that he holds his breath while squeezing past a business partner to reach customers.
“Many fewer people come here than before,” he said. “They don’t have money to spend. So they put off new purchases.”
Continue reading at:
Dreaming Big in Iran s Grand Bazaar Foreign Policy?
