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Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom

A headscarf seller prays at his shop in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrineat the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Clerics walk in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine as a man carries a bag at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A cleric prays at Feizieh seminary at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) People shop in an old grand bazaar at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Mannequins dressed with Chador are displayed at a shop in an old grand bazaar at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Mannequins dressed with Chador are displayed at a shop in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Iraqi women at a market at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) People shop in an old grand bazaar at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) People walk on a pavement in front of a mosque at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Cleric Mousarreza Nadali, right, teaches his students at Feizieh seminary at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Cleric Mousarreza Nadali teaches his students at Feizieh seminary at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Cleric Mousarreza Nadali, right, teaches his students at Feizieh seminary at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A cleric adjusts his robe as he walks at Feizieh seminary at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Clerics visit an exhibition at the old residence of the late Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of 1979 Islamic Revolution, at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Cleric Seyyed Razieddin Mortazavi Langroudi, right, teaches his students at Grand Ayatollah Morteza Langroudi seminary at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A cleric walks in an old grand bazaar at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Clerics walk in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A woman and and clerics walk in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A cleric walks in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Clerics walk in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A woman and and clerics walk in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) A cleric walks in front of the Fatima Masumeh Shrine at the city of Qom, some 80 miles (125 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Calls for change in Iran reach even Shiite heartland of Qom