The assistant director of Tehran’s crisis management sealed the Donyaye Noor shopping center due to safety issues
Media in Iran have reported that the Donyaye Noor shopping center in eastern Tehran has been sealed by the capital’s municipality due to safety issues
Hamid Salimi, the assistant director of prevention and risk reduction at the Tehran Crisis Prevention and Management Organization, told ISNA news agency on Sunday, February 18, that in order to protect public rights and enhance the safety of high-risk buildings, the unsafe and busy Donyaye Noor commercial building on Shahid Soleimani Highway has been sealed
According to Mr. Salimi, this building had been identified as a high-risk and unsafe structure several months ago, and repeated warnings were given to the building owner to mitigate the risk, but no action was taken in this regard, which ultimately led to a judicial order to seal the building
Mehdi Babaei, the head of the safety committee of Tehran’s city council, previously stated that 75 unsafe buildings in the capital are in a critical condition and should be prioritized for safety improvements