Officially Designating 'Day of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong' Days After Armita Garavand's Burial

In a situation where only 10 days have passed since the burial of Armita Garavand, a teenager who lost her life following an attack by a 'enforcer of good', the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, chaired by Ebrahim Raisi, approved that from the year 1402, the second day of Muharram will be registered in the official calendar of the country as 'Day of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong'. The Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, in a single article titled 'Determining New Occasions in the Text and Appendix of the Official Calendar for the Year 1403', which was approved on October 10, has added 13 new occasions to the calendar. 'Day of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong' on the second of Muharram, 'Day of Persian Prose' on the first of Ordibehesht, and 'National Hero Day' on the 30th of Aban are among the occasions designated for inclusion in the calendar. This comes at a time when in recent months, supporters of the Iranian government have intensified their confrontations with women opposing mandatory hijab under the banner of 'Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong'. According to reports, Armita Garavand, a 16-year-old girl, fell into a coma following an attack by an 'enforcer of good' and ultimately lost her life. Additionally, see: Two eyewitnesses for The Guardian revealed details of the 'physical attack' by a hijab enforcer on Armita Garavand. Since the early years of its establishment, the Islamic Republic has designated various days and weeks of the year with religious and political names. Since 1992, the first week of Muharram has also been named 'Week of Reviving Enjoining Good and Forbidding Wrong'. During the severe crackdown on nationwide protests in 2022 following the arrest of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini by the morality police under the pretext of enjoining good and forbidding wrong and her subsequent death, government forces killed hundreds and injured and arrested thousands. The prevalence of violence or enjoining good?; three Tehran citizens were arrested. The head of the Tehran judiciary announced actions against those who 'mock' hijab. An arrest of a shopkeeper in Shahroud occurred due to resistance against enjoining good. Intensified vehicle confiscations 'under the pretext of hijab'; a lawyer stated: it is against the constitution.