Iran court demands US pay USD22bn for allegedly backing 2022 protests

TEHRAN: An Iranian court has demanded that the United States pay an amount of USD22 billion for purportedly providing support for mass protests in 2022, a judiciary spokesman said Tuesday.

Nationwide protests broke out in September of that year following the death in custody of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurd Mahsa Amini, who had been arrested for allegedly violating the Islamic republic’s strict dress code for women.