Nasir Makarim, a prominent Iranian religious scholar, has opposed the use of force to force women to wear the hijab.

According to the news agency AFP, Nasir Makarim says that he does not consider violence and coercion to be effective in the matter of hijab.

Iran's local news agency IRNA quoted Nasser Makarem as saying that the prominent religious leader believes that "the president and the ministers should know that they are facing a difficult situation." It is true that the enemy is very active but all avenues are not closed.

It should be noted that after the death of Mehsa Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman in police custody, during nationwide protests, women set fire to their hijabs in protest.

Mehsa Amini, 22, was arrested by the moral police in Tehran for not wearing a proper head covering, after which she died in police custody a few days later.

"The issue of hijab is being linked to political issues at the moment, and some people are saying that if the hijab is removed, the government will be weakened," added religious scholar Nasir Makarim.

Earlier, Iran's Tourism and Culture Minister Izzatullah Zarghami urged tolerance for women who do not wear hijab.

While at the beginning of this month, the Prosecutor General of Iran instructed the police to severely punish those who violate the hijab.

The Iranian government has blamed foreign enemies, including the United States and Israel, for the nationwide protests that erupted after Mehsa Amini's death.

The Iranian cleric has expressed his views after Israeli President Isaac Herzog's statement, in which he asked the NATO allies to take a tougher stance against Iran.

On the occasion of his visit to the NATO headquarters in Brussels, President Isaac Herzog said regarding the drones supplied to Russia by Tehran that the threats associated with Iran have reached Europe and that NATO should impose strict economic, legal and political sanctions. Should.