NCRI – In a clear insult to Iranian women, Ali Borhan, a prayer leader on Thursday compared Iranian women who refuse to wear the traditional chador to "bare-back donkeys," in the central city of Mehriz, reported the state-run website Asriran.

"Residents in Mehriz will not tolerate women wearing anything but chador. The way women appear in public is worse than appearing naked," Borhan said.

"We will not accept tapes [music cassettes] distributed in our city and will not tolerate women with improper outfits. They would be better off not wearing anything," he added.

"Women wearing garments in place of chadors are just like bare-back donkeys. It is something that we will prevent at all costs in the city," Borhan told a small congregation of worshipers.

Borhan showed his anger at those trying to open movie theaters in the city by saying that he would stand up to "anyone dare building a theater" in Mehriz regardless of its consequences.

"Islamic centers should concentrate on Islamic laws and teach how to properly read the Quran's verses," Borhan finished his preaches to the worshipers made up of the paramilitary Bassij forces.