Attacks on Iranian clerics have increased in recent years in the country, according to a report by Iranian daily Radio Farda. Iran has reported several incidents of physical attacks on clerics, and many religious leaders are afraid of wearing their robes or turbans in public as they are being targeted.
Shockingly, two-dozen clerics were
violently attacked in the past decade in the country, out of which, three were
killed and two were blinded. Reportedly, low-level clerics who have attempted
to enforce strict religious codes in the country such as the Hijab rule are
being targeted.
Many people in the country can no
longer tolerate clerics who impose their reactionary lifestyle on others. Some
people are angry over suffocating restrictions in their life.
Tehran-based dissident cleric
Abolfazl Najafi-Tehrani told Radio Farda, “In recent years, we have witnessed
people’s hatred and anger towards those clerics who follow state policies.”
The country has also suffered
because of the dire economic conditions. According to Najafi-Tehrani, people
want the withdrawal of the clerics and the noninterference of religion and
religious representatives in the country.
Recently, hundreds of people
protested water shortages in the central Iranian province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari.
They also slammed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Protesters reportedly
chanted, "Death to Raisi.”
Dozens of protests have been held
across the country in recent months over deteriorating living conditions and
the interference of cleric leaders. As a sign of the rising anger, physical
attacks against clerics have been increasing in the country. Amid the economic
crisis, public anger against clerics has also grown.
Earlier, a woman assaulted a cleric
in the holy Shi'ite city of Qom when he warned her about her Hijab. The video
of the incident went viral last year. In July this year, a young cleric was
stabbed several times in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province, Iran.
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