Iran’s Heritage Minister Reza Salehi Amiri tells Al Jazeera that damage to 56 museums and historical monuments is a “deliberate war” on the country’s identity.
“We aren’t talking about stone and mortar, but about the memory and history of a people,” he says.
The government’s constant threats to suspend KP’s elected dispensation over a political protest have escalated hostilities considerably. In that context, both sides did well to start talking.
