In Iran, online sales sites are growing with the advantages that social networks in general and the Internet in particular have offered for years. But since the authorities restricted Internet access following the 2022 autonomy protests, online businesses have been hit.

The pages visited by several thousand subscribers are empty. In fact, online sales have been hit hard by the restrictions imposed after the death in custody on 16 September 2022 of Mahsa Amini, arrested for non-compliance with the strict dress code in force in the Islamic Republic. The death of the latter triggered a vast protest movement that caused the death of hundreds of people and the arrest of thousands more

As a result, Internet access has been severely restricted over the last year before being relaxed a bit with the end of the protests. The most popular foreign platforms, such as WhatsApp and especially Instagram style="font-family: "Bookman Old Style”, "serif"">,