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Imami Jumah’s incitement in Iran against unveiled women raised concerns for the safety of women in the country, as they indicated that public space is unsafe for those who do not adhere to the veil.
The “Iran International” website noted that the incitement of the two imams against women sparked widespread reactions on social media and reminded Iranians of the period of the acid incendiary attack on women in Isfahan in 2014.
Imam Tabatabai Nejad, who is Isfahan’s Friday Imam, called during his meeting with security officials to make the space “unsafe” for those who “do not adhere to the full veil.”
The website’s report said that Tabatabai had a long history of advocating for what he describes as the “bad veil.”
Iranian women try to resist the imposition of the veil by force by wearing a headscarf that does not completely cover the head, what Iranian pro-government media called “Bad Hijab” or “Bad Hijab”, while others hold demonstrations against the mandatory veil that often ends with her arrest.
And in eastern Iran, another Juma Imam urged the police to “make life unsafe” for those who do not adhere to the veil rules “because they seek to make our society unsafe.”
Lawyer Ali Mujtahed Zadeh called for Isfahan Imam Friday to be held accountable in case something bad happened to any woman because of it.
The activists criticized the content of the imams’ statements and published photos of the victims of the acid attack in the city of Isfahan and called for the violence against women to be rejected.
Iranian police force women to wear the hijab on the streets, as security forces beat and arrest those who uncover their hair for violating mandatory hijab rules.
The Iranian agency “Fars” published a statistic reporting that 70 percent of Iranian women oppose the mandatory veil policy, which requires women to wear headscarves, according to Al-Hurra.
