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- Iran's traders, frustrated by economic losses, turn against clerics - By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Iran's bazaar merchants, the trader class who were the financial backbone of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have turned against the clerics they helped bring
- Protests and US warnings shake Iran at its weakest point in years - War with Israel, a battered economy, and the swift loss of allies have left Iran vulnerable in the face of mounting protests.