Iranian Cleric Beaten by Women after Ordering Them to Wear Hijab
An Iranian cleric has claimed he was beaten by two women outside a mosque after he warned one of them to cover up.
Hojatoleslam (a middle ranking cleric) Ali Beheshti told the
semi-official Mehr news agency that he advised one of the women, whom he
believed was not properly dressed, to cover her eyes.
"She responded to me by saying: 'You [should] close your eyes," the cleric said, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Ali Beheshti, a leading religious figure in the city of Shahrmirzad,
repeated the warning to the woman, saying their attire did not follow
the Islamic dress code that became compulsory after the 1979 revolution.
"Not only didn't she not cover herself up but she also insulted me. I
asked her not to insult me any more but she started shouting and
threatening me," Beheshti said.
"She pushed me and I fell to the ground on my back. From that point
on, I don't know what happened. I was just feeling the kicks of the
women who were beating me up."
