NCRI – State-run web site Asre-Iran reported on April 24 that the cleric Ahmad Khatami, a member of the regime’s Expediency Council whose remarks is published in government controlled media, said that the repressive actions and crimes committed by Ahmadinejad’s government were not sufficient, and he accused Ahmadinejad for not doing enough to suppress women.
Khatami said: “It appears that one cannot stop un-Islamic clothing by women through cultural activities, and I think for solving this problem, blood must be shed to uproot the problem from society.”