Western Iran Businesses Strike To Protest Execution of Kurds, Say Activists

FILE — Protesters hold up a placard reading "Stop Execution in Iran" during a rally in Berlin, Oct. 22, 2022. On Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, Iran hanged four members of its Kurdish minority on charges of spying for Israel.

Businesses and shops in several cities in Kurdish-populated western Iran shut down Tuesday in a strike protesting the hanging a day earlier of four Kurds convicted of collaborating with Israel, activists said.