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Iran Cleric Pummeled by ‘Badly Covered’ Woman After Warning
2012-09-20
An Iranian cleric said he was beaten by a woman in the northern province of Semnan after giving her a warning for being “badly covered,” the state-run Mehr news agency reported.

Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti said he encountered the woman in the street while on his way to the mosque in the town of Shahmirzad, and asked her to cover herself up, to which she replied “you, cover your eyes,” according to Mehr. The cleric repeated his warning, which he said prompted her to insult and push him.

“I fell on my back on the floor,” Beheshti said in the report. “I don’t know what happened after that, all I could feel was the kicks of this woman who was insulting me and attacking me.”
You go, girl!
Since the 1979 revolution that brought Shiite Muslim religious leaders to power, women in Iran have been required to cover their hair and body curves in public with head-scarves and loose-fitting coats, to protect religious values and “preserve society’s morals and security.”

The government condemns short, tight and colorful coats and loosely tied head-scarves, and routinely organizes police patrols to enforce the Islamic dress code. Public surveillance increases in summer when some women opt for flimsier clothing.

Beheshti said he was hospitalized for three days. The Iranian cleric said it was his religious duty to apply the principle of “commanding right and forbidding wrong,” and that he would continue to do so even after living through what he called “the worst day of my life.”

It isnÂ’t the first time that clerics in Iran have been beaten up after delivering warnings, Mehr said.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  FREEREPUBLIC Artic sezzes it twas two of 'em.

[ELECTRO-WOMAN + DYNA-GIRL here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2012-09-20 22:30  

#8  having a fairly sucky day at work, just got some down time and came to the burg. What an awesome story thanks for the uplift.
Posted by: Jan at work   2012-09-20 18:11  

#7  Then like the clerics say, beat the knowledge into him.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-09-20 15:43  

#6  I guess there are Republican women in Iran after all.
Posted by: Dino Thud2877   2012-09-20 15:37  

#5  Now that you got your ass kicked by a girl (how un-Islamic!), get in the kitchen and make us some falafel.

He wouldn't know how - he's a cleric. The only thing they know is how to spew Islamic nonsense.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2012-09-20 15:37  

#4  what he called "the worst day of my life."

Let's hope it wasn't! Now that you got your ass kicked by a girl (how un-Islamic!), get in the kitchen and make us some falafel.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-09-20 14:26  

#3  Ha! The women of Iran need to start carrying tazers. Apply to cleric balls girls!
Posted by: DarthVader   2012-09-20 13:33  

#2  "he would continue to do so even after living through what he called 'the worst day of my life.'"

You do that, Mr. Beheshti. The next woman you accost just might have something under all that extra clothing besides feet.

IYKWIMAITYD. :-D
Posted by: Barbara   2012-09-20 13:30  

#1  so Hojatoleslam, you got your ass kicked by a woman? P*ssy
Posted by: Frank G   2012-09-20 09:22  

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