Assessing the Social Impact of Repairing and Reconstructing Minarets of Mosques Located in the 9th Region of Municipality of Tehran

Minarets of mosques (called ‘Goldasteh’ in Persian) are one of the artifacts of Iranian Islamic culture. Thus repairing and reconstructing the minarets of mosques could have considerable outcomes for expanding Islamic architecture and urban beautification. This research tries to investigate “the social-environmental impact of repairing and reconstructing minarets of mosques located in the 9th regions of municipality of Tehran”. The research is organized based on the ten-step social impact assessment model and it uses both qualitative (deep interviews and observation) and quantitative (survey) methods to answer research questions. The results of the research reveal that repairing and reconstructing minarets of mosques can have social، cultural and environmental impacts such as urban beautification، developing Iranian Islamic architecture، attracting citizens (adults) to mosques، citizens’ satisfaction and etc. On the other hand، the negative impact can be ignoring neighbors’ rights and mosques’ priorities. In addition، it may cause urban management to become an arena of political competitions among interest groups.