Raisi: The 'Headscarf Discovery' Will Be Stopped; Users: His Entire Being is 'Stained with the Blood' of the People

Ebrahim Raisi emphasized the necessity of 'waking up' the 'unaware individuals' and threatened that 'the headscarf discovery will definitely be stopped.' He reassured supporters of the Islamic Republic by saying, 'Don't worry at all.' According to reports from Iranian news agencies on Wednesday, August 9, Ebrahim Raisi, the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, referred to the martyrs of the defenders of the shrine as 'the intellectuals of the time' and claimed that 'the families of the martyrs' expressed their concerns about the state of hijab in society while coming to this event. Raisi stated, 'Don't worry at all,' and 'know that this situation will definitely be stopped.' He referred to women who do not comply with mandatory hijab as 'unaware individuals' who 'need to be awakened to understand for whose benefit they are doing this.' He also claimed that 'a few individuals' are likely 'organized' in their 'directed movement' and 'with foreign training' are unveiling, warning that 'their fate will also be determined.' Raisi accused 'godless wealthy individuals' alongside the US and Israel of supporting the 'enemy' to 'endanger regional security' and to 'attack the honor of Islam by destroying homes.' He echoed the words of Ali Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic, adding that the 'enemy' has entered with a plan and the Islamic Republic must also 'enter the field with a plan.' Iranian officials have always attributed some of their policies to the demands of 'the families of the martyrs.' One of these individuals, Fatemeh Sepahri, a political prisoner opposing the Islamic Republic and 'the wife of a martyr,' recently stated from inside Vakilabad prison in Mashhad that if Khamenei exploits the 'martyrs,' she will not remain silent and will 'come out of shame.' Raisi's remarks come as the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police approaches. Some social media users have reacted to Raisi's statements. Shahram Rafieizadeh, a journalist, stated that this member of the 'Death Committee' in the 1980s, while 'promising to intensify the crackdown on women,' has his 'entire being stained with the blood of the Iranian people.' Mojtaba Najafi, a Twitter user, pointed out the indifference of protesters towards Ebrahim Raisi during the nationwide protests, writing: 'In the Green Movement, Ahmadinejad was a key figure of the slogans. However, in this movement, Raisi was given the slightest importance because, in the public mindset, the president of the government is the leader of the Islamic Republic, and Raisi is not even at the level of the first vice president.' In a non-public explanatory session of the Islamic Consultative Assembly on August 6, the Islamic Revolution faction managed to gain the support of members to review this bill according to Article 85 of the Constitution; following this, reactions to this decision intensified, and some even considered this action as the groundwork for the start of public protests. Ahmad Alireza Beigi, a member of the Commission of Councils and Internal Affairs of the Parliament, stated in this regard to 'Shargh' that 'society will react to this issue' and 'we are heading towards social confrontation.' Additionally, Mohsen Barahani, a legal expert, called the approval of this bill a 'disgraceful hijab bill' in which 'Ghalibaf, Ghazanfari Abadi, and Jalil Mohibi' played the most significant roles. Nazila Golestan, a political activist, emphasized in an interview with Voice of America that the Islamic Republic lacks the capacity to implement the 'Chastity and Hijab' bill and described it as 'a show.' Even supporters of the Islamic Republic are worried about the economic crisis while the government continues its mandatory hijab policies; arrests to enforce mandatory hijab are ongoing; cafes and hotels are being shut down; security forces are present at the home of the Mahini family; the head of the Center for the Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents promises to build an Islamic 'Disneyland'; mandatory hijab is being enforced with the Tehran Municipality deploying 400 'hijab monitors' with a salary of 12 million tomans in the metro; another aspect of the 'Chastity and Hijab' bill requires filmmakers to commit to 'hijab.'