Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, tightly controls the upcoming snap elections, as he does all others. Six out of 80 prospective candidates made it past the vetting process of his 12-member Guardian Council, which oversees elections and can veto legislation that parliament passes. Five out those six were described as hardliners, intended to maintain the status quo. The sixth is “a token reformist.”
The renewed crackdown on female head coverings is an apparent warning that the new president will be no different from the recently deceased Ebrahim Raisi, and a deterrence to any dissident uprising during the elections.
Another crackdown was launched in May, “just as military tensions spiked between the Islamic Republic and Israel.” Yet again, the violent crackdown was to “reassert the government’s authority.”
Expect a violent crackdown of the morality police against women every time the Islamic regime wants to reassert its authority, particularly after the mass protests over the death of Mahsa Amini nearly two years ago. The morality police detained Amini for not wearing her hijab properly and murdered her, sparking protests that threatened the regime to its foundations.
“As Iran’s presidential vote looms, tensions boil over renewed headscarf crackdown,” Arab News, June 26, 2024:
DUBAI: Seemingly every afternoon in Iran’s capital, police vans rush to major Tehran squares and intersections to search for women with loose headscarves and those who dare not to wear them at all.
The renewed crackdown comes not quite two years since mass protests over the death Mahsa Amini after she was detained for not wearing a scarf to the authorities’ liking. A United Nations panel has found that the 22-year-old died as a result of “physical violence” wrought upon her by the state.
Amini’s death set off months of unrest that ended in a bloody crackdown, and for a time morality police disappeared from the streets. But now videos are emerging of women being physically forced into vans by police as lawmakers continue to push for harsher penalties. Meanwhile, authorities have seized thousands of cars over women having their hair uncovered while also targeting businesses that serve them.
The renewed hijab push, which police are calling the Noor — or “Light” — Plan, began before President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash, and whoever wins a vote to replace the hard-line cleric on Friday will have an influence over just how intense it becomes — and how Iran responds to any further unrest…..
FYI says
In the same koran where allah insists women wear hijabs{or chadors}allah clearly reveals in his scientific errors{as any ex-muslims know}a misunderstanding of human Biology
Why should muslim women be forced to wear the hijab/chador on behalf of allah who knows LESS about Biology than they do?
but ..but..”it is in the koran..”the “scholars” and “holy men ” say
Critical/textual analysis of the koran is frowned upon by such charlatans:they insist on “interpreting” it for you
A muslim who reads the koran uncritcally may think it is from God
But a muslim who reads the koran critically and notes the errors will likely abandon islam
allah does suffer from a terrible lack of omniscience:but then he is cleary a human impersonator of the Biblical God as the koran’s erors{scientific,theological,historical} show.The “scholars” of islam don’t want muslims to find out:so apostasy is punishable in islam.
Fear kills critical analysis.and gives power to “holy” men to control people.
Walter Sieruk says
There’s as wise saying which is that “evil is always looking for an excuse.
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So it is with that vicious and cruel “mullah regime” of Iran is brutal and cruel violator of human rights. Especially regarding the human rights of girls and woman.
For example, to imprison women for not wearing the hijab is but one part of the anti-female tyranny of this tyrannical “mullah regime” of Iran.
That ruthless cruel brutal heinous Islamic regime of Iran that is so unfittingly has the word “Republic” in its title, for its called “The Islamic Republic of Iran” [ I R I].
That brutal cruel Islamic tyrannical regime of Iran is full of ruthless malicious misogyny.
On the topic of this Islamic tyranny of Iran, a former Muslim revealed, “The IRI system recognizes women as dependent upon men and incomplete human beings who need to be supervised and controlled by men and the State. This author further exposed that “Women are created for the purposes of giving pleasure to men and childbearing – functions that confine them to the home” This is a male Chauvinistic as can possibly be.
In addition, this writer further makes it known that “The IRI legal system still retains traditional patriarchal bias that can be described as nothing but systemic subordination of women, which is undoubtedly a human rights violation.”
This author further reveals, “Iran is of what Islamic fundamentalists desire, an Islamic State, and the consequence of achieving it “State Terror. Instead of utopia, Iran is an Islamic totalitarian nightmare…” and “the Islamic Republic of Iran exists and operates as what every Islamic fundamentalist dream of, an Islamic state ruled by Sharia …What followed its establishment was the inevitable consequence and inexorable logic of its Islamic premises; state terrorism, a merciless tyranny.” [1]
[1] THE ISLAM IN ISLAMIC TERRORISM BY Ibn Warraq. pages 345-347.
Walter Sieruk says
That hostile oppressive malicious and murderous Islamic regime of Iran, which has the official title of “The Islamic republic of Iran” is based on Islam’s Sharia.
The Sharia is Islam supports ,upholds and even demands that females wear the burka.
Therefore, it should be made known that the actual origin of Sharia is revealed in a Time –Life book with the title MESOPOTAMIA: THE MIGHTY KINGS copyright 1995. “For that future history book about the ancient pagan world of Mesopotamia informs the reader that “many Islamic laws resemble the Babylon and Assyrian forebears.” .page 150.
Therefore, Sharia has no value or worth.
Thus, it’s no wonder that those despots in power in that Sharia based Islamic tyranny might fear the collapse of their regime for it has a very weak foundation which is Sharia.
In other words, the Islamic tyrannical regime of Iran is grounded on only a foundation of sand.
Walter Sieruk says
That Islamic tyranny of Iran is based on Islam with its Sharia is, very much, anti-female towards both girls and women.
The de-humanizing burqa is demeaning and degrading to females , both girls and women.
The Burqa is one aspect of the oppressive misogyny of Islam.
A scholar of Islam who revealed the disturbing horrible truth in her book “Control of behavior and disregard for human life are key elements in Islam ideology.” Furthermore, the author also exposed that `” Women is Islam are considered unclean, deemed inferior even to dirt.” [1]
[1] THEY MUST BE STOPPED by Brigitte Gabriel, pages 171,172.
Walter Sieruk says
It should never be forgotten that the heinously cruel and murderous Islamic tyranny of Iran is very brutal and vicious to the Iranian people. Especially regarding females. Both girls and women.
As observed in That vicious murder of Mahsa Amini is very sad and tragic and that horrendous evil of her being murdered is because of the oppressive vicious brutal cruel and deadly misogynistic Islamic regime of Iran.
That action of male Muslim who are officials murdering defenseless, helpless women in cold blood is a heinous and hideous has occurred before and if that murderous Islamic regime isn’t overthrown such wicked killing will continue
Another example of such callous despicable heartless anti-female evil is when a teenage girl in Iran was talking to her boyfriend on the phone and then the Islamic state “police” walked over to her and shot her dead. They did that wicked and malicious thing to her because she was talking to her boyfriend and they also didn’t like her clothing. [1]
That was a clear cut case of murder and vicious Islamic madness by Iran’s Islamic state “ police”, who call themselves the “Revolutionary Guards”, they got away with their hideous and malice –filled evil because the mullahs as well as other villains in power in that tyrannical Islamic regime
[1] A TIME TO BETRAY by Reza Kahlili page 240
Walter Sieruk says
That horrendously brutal, cruel oppressive malicious and murderous Islamic regime of Iran, denies the Iranian, people their basic natural human rights.
Therefore, the Iranian people are right and righteous by engaging in bitter and strong protests against those cruel malicious and murderous tyrants in power of that cruel and oppressive Sharia based dictatorship of that Islamic regime of Iran.
In other words, those vicious despots of that horrendously horrific Islamic regime have provoked the people excessively too far.
In addition, some of the people who trapped in and forced to exist in the Islamic dictatorship of Iran might not know about the intellect philosopher John Locke, but his ideas do apply to them. For Mr. Locke taught that any good government has the duty to ensure the security and safety of its citizens. Yet when a tyranny is the people in the tyrannical government do have every natural and ethical right to overthrow that terrible and oppressive tyranny/ government.
SC says
I think Iran is a wonderful place. So much so that all Moslems should be sent there when deported from every none-islamic nation around the world.
James Lincoln says
SC,
Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, Iran was quite westernized.
Troybeam says
Yes, Jimmy Carter admin helped get rid of the Shah and put in the people currently in power because hey western values are bad yet they come to America, have buildings on sharia law at Yale University thanks to Supreme Justice Kagan when she was president of Yale taking a huge donation for the building.
Also the late Ted Kennedy helped revise the immigration laws so that Islam could enter our nation and set up mosques & look where that has gotten American. Note: 1952 immigration law did not allow Islam inside of America.
James Lincoln says
Thanks for your reply, Troybeam.
abu taleb says
Where are the feminists or other women defenders on the west, why they keep silent on the suffering of Iranian women?
Oh I forget, they are too busy concerning the fate of women in Europe, US and Canada, Australia and New Zealand. So, the women from non white can go to hell without those “women defenders” think a bit about those women.
Mick says
Why do you think Masoud Pezeshkian is a token reformist? He has a record of opposing the crackdowns in 2018 (on water and economy protests) and the hijab plus plus riots of ’22.
He has said the current Noor (light) crackdown will lead to darkness.
He supports the IRGC but not all Revolutionary Guards are Islamic nutters. In the 80s some were Armenian Christian patriots.
OLD GUY says
Can’t wait for the morality police is San Francisco, Hell I’d take any police in California.
The Women and LGBTQWXYZ in California are going to just love and support the Islamic Morality laws and their enforcement by the POLICE.