The idea is to humiliate and degrade them, and by raping them, to deny them a place in paradise, for in Islam, it is entirely the woman’s responsibility to prevent a man from being tempted (hence the hijab, chador, niqab, burqa), and if he is tempted anyway, it’s her fault.
Mary Mohammadi was taken to a detention center near Iran’s capital Tehran. Officials told her that her hair was visible. Mary was forced to strip in the basement of the all-female detention center. “Is it not a problem to force me to take off all my clothes if my hair is a problem? Is this Islamic?”
This is only part of the sexual violence that the regime has been using to suppress female protesters and activists. Christian converts and other religious minorities like the Bahais are not recognized in Iran.
Photo Jihad Watch