{"id":227372,"date":"2020-10-06T16:36:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T15:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=227372"},"modified":"2023-02-01T05:41:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:41:12","slug":"threats-by-friday-prayers-leaders-to-irans-women-shows-mullahs-misogynous-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/women\/threats-by-friday-prayers-leaders-to-irans-women-shows-mullahs-misogynous-nature\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats by Friday Prayers Leaders To Iran\u2019s Women Shows Mullahs\u2019 Misogynous Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a meeting with the head of the regime\u2019s State Security Force (SSF) in Isfahan, central Iran, on Friday, Yousef Tabatabai, Isfahan\u2019s Friday prayers leader and supreme leader Ali Khamenei\u2019s representative, threatened women, paving the way for further oppression.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should make the society unsafe for the few (mal-veiling women) and not allow them to break the norms on the streets and parks easily… The SSF should be given more authority in dealing with those breaking the law and the norms. We should not be afraid of any hostile action in dealing with the violators,” he said.<\/p>\n

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One of the victims of the 2014 acid attacks in Isfahan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

These remarks once again show the regime\u2019s misogynous nature. Earlier in 2014, Tabatabai\u2019s statement against so-called \u201cmal-veiled\u201d women resulted in the regime\u2019s thugs attacking young Iranian women and splashing acid on their faces.<\/p>\n

In a similar development, Abolghasem Yaghoubi, the Friday prayers leader and Khamenei\u2019s representative in North Khorasan, northeast Iran, said: “Law enforcement forces must make the lives of rioters who have evil intentions unsafe… Mal-veiling or the refusal to wear a veil acts like a virus in society, and we must confront those who do that… In addition to the engagement of the SSF and the judiciary in combatting mal veiling, the people must also get involved and enjoin good and forbid evil. We must also be sensitive to other viruses and not just the Coronavirus.”<\/p>\n

Regarding these misogynous comments, which only pave the way for further harassment of the Iranian women and girls, the Women\u2019s Committee of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI)<\/a> highlighted that it \u201cviews the threats by Khamenei’s criminal representatives that have aroused popular outrage\u201d as \u201canother pretext to further repress Iranian women and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt urges the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and the Human Rights Council as well as all women’s rights and human rights organizations to condemn these repressive measures and to support the struggle of Iranian women for freedom and equality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Misogyny: An inseparable part of the mullahs\u2019 regime<\/h3>\n
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Iranian Kayhan newspaper wrote in 1979 about forcing women to wear hijab at offices<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Since the mullahs hijacked the 1979 revolution, they have always demonstrated their misogynous nature in different ways. Month after coming to power, Ruhollah Khomeini, then the regime\u2019s supreme leader, made wearing a hijab mandatory. Shortly after, the regime\u2019s thugs attacked and brutalized many Iranian women under the pretext of not being \u201cproperly veiled.\u201d The mullahs\u2019 regime has a special force, called the \u201cGuidance Patrol,\u201d or \u201cMorality police,\u201d tasked with arresting mostly women under the pretext of being \u201cmal-veiled.\u201d<\/p>\n

The regime\u2019s so-called \u201cmoderate\u201d president, Hassan Rouhani, in his autobiography, has boasted about being the first person in the country that implemented the mandatory hijab.
\nThe regime\u2019s misogynous constitution has paved the way for so-called \u201chonor\u201d killings. According to the regime\u2019s constitution, if a father or grandfathers kill his daughter or granddaughter, he will not be punished. The recent tragic beheading of 14-year-old Romina Ashrafi by her father is a testament to the regime\u2019s misogynous nature.<\/p>\n

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Iranian women\u2019s response<\/h3>\n

Despite the regime\u2019s systematic crackdown on women, the Iranian women have been on the front line of the struggle for freedom and equality. Many of the martyrs of the Iranian Resistance and the recent two major Iran protests were brave Iranian women. In fact, the Iranian opposition is being led by women, with Mrs. Maryam Rajavi<\/a>, the NCRI\u2019s president-elect, as their symbol.<\/p>\n

Regarding women\u2019s rights in the future of Iran, Mrs. Rajavi, has always advocated gender equality. In her speech<\/a> on December 02, 2019, Mrs. Rajavi described women as \u201cthe force for change,\u201d who \u201care going to defeat the mullahs\u2019 reactionary religious dictatorship.\u201d<\/p>\n

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