Design of 'Islamic Surgical Garments' for Patients in Operating Rooms; Secretary of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Headquarters Says It's for 'Observing Religious Limits'

The Secretary of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Headquarters says that this headquarters, in collaboration with the Social Security Organization, is designing 12 models of 'Islamic surgical garments' for patients in operating rooms to ensure religious limits are observed. Mohammad Hossein Taheri Akhardi stated in this regard to the IRNA news agency that the Social Security Organization has a very good cooperation with the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Headquarters to implement the idea of 'Islamic surgical garments' and to address concerns about the non-observance of religious limits for patients and medical staff during surgeries. He also announced ongoing efforts to establish a field of study for 'Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' in universities, adding that codes for some individual courses have been obtained and finalized, and planning for obtaining a field code is ongoing. Mohammad Hossein Taheri Akhardi, the current Secretary of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice Headquarters, replaced the controversial previous secretary, Mohammad Saleh Hashemi Golpayegani, on June 7 of this year. Hashemi Golpayegani compared the hijab bill to a 'cultural Turkmenchay' during his farewell ceremony and stated that the flaw of this bill is that it does not pay attention to the chador. Jalil Mohibi, a former secretary of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, explained the reasons for the establishment of this headquarters, stating that 'this institution was formed in 1993 as a collective clerical effort for cultural promotion of virtue and prevention of vice alongside the Prayer Headquarters and with the initiative of individuals like Hojjatoleslam Qaraati, and later lost its cultural role and became an executive institution. An executive institution outside the executive branch and outside the explicitly stated matters in the Constitution, which is under the supervision of the Supreme Leader.' The head of the headquarters from its inception until December 2019 was Ahmad Jannati, who was succeeded by Kazem Sedighi, who remains in this position. There are requests from two lawyers to annul the 'confidential' hijab resolution; the Minister of Interior stated that anyone who obstructs is 'criminal.' The official designation of 'Day of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' was made a few days after the burial of Armita Garavand. Images of a female athlete's attire in Tehran were published; the 'dismissed' head of the federation stated that no 'male' was present in the area. The government is thinking of dominating the clothing market under the code name 'Chaste Attire'; the parliament announced its three-part plan.