English transcript

In Tehran's historic Grand Bazaar, the shops are opening again amid a fragile US-Iran ceasefire.

Deep in the market, repair specialist Saeed Mohammadi gets to work on one of the country's

famous Persian carpets.

He said workers returned to their basement store only recently, with the outlook still

uncertain.

Under these wartime conditions, we had been closed for about two months, and only five

or six days ago, we returned.

Now we rely on God, and we'll see what happens from here on.

Will there be peace or not?

We will see what the market conditions become.

God willing, it will improve.

One carpet shop owner says business is slowly resuming, with some shipments to Europe moved

by land.

Over in a small shop on the second floor of one alley, Mohammadi Ajahi works on restoring

a carpet's color.

He says he needs to make a living, despite the perils of war.

We come to work.

Even if the war intensifies, we have no choice because of our livelihood.

People must have some means of living.

Life has become difficult.

Down in his basement, Mohammadi echoed Ajahi's sentiments on the precariousness of their

livelihood.

The situation is difficult.

We were not working and had no income.

Our income comes only from work.

On any day you do not work, you have no income at all.

So far, we have not run into serious problems.

If it does not continue, thank God things have been manageable.

But after the failure of the U.S.-Iran talks over the weekend, no one knows how long this

relative calm will last.

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