(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 4. The damage caused
to state and private enterprises, cars, apartments and others in
Iran, except for one province, as a result of protests held in the
country since September 18, 2022, is estimated in the amount of 17
trillion rials (about $405 million), Iranian Deputy Minister of
Interior Majid Mirahmadi said, trend reports citing the ministry.
“Meanwhile, shops and restaurants were either looted or burned,”
Mirahmadi said.
The deputy added that the excepted province is Iran's Sistan and
Baluchestan Province. So, the damage caused in the Zahidan city of
the mentioned province is extremely high. Therefore, the damage to
this city will be announced soon.
Mirahmadi also pointed out that according to the information
obtained from the border customs offices, the recent events have
had a negative impact on the country's trade turnover. Assessments
are being made in state bodies due to the decrease in trade
turnover.
The protests in Iranian cities are ongoing, prompted by the
death of a 22-year-old Iranian woman Mahsa Amini, allegedly after
being beaten by Iran's morality police while in custody for
violating the strict hijab-wearing rules. Amini's death on
September 16 triggered mass protests in Iran several days
later.
Hijab was made mandatory for women in Iran shortly after the
country's 1979 revolution. Women who break the strict dress code
risk being arrested by Iran's morality police. Based on the dress
code, women are required to fully cover their hair in public and
wear long, loose-fitting clothes.
After the mentioned incident, a wave of protests has taken place
in Iran, and the protests now cover various fields, economy, social
inequality, ethnic inequality, etc.
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