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A series of acid attacks on women in the Iranian city of Isfahan starting sometime around October 2014, has raised fears and prompted rumours that the victims were targeted for not being properly veiled. As of October 27, at least eight〔 and as many as 25 such attacks have occurred in Isfahan.〔 At least one woman is dead and another (26-year-old Sohelia Jorkesh), has lost the sight from at least one eye (doctors are attempting to save her other eye).〔 Many more have severe burns to their hands and faces.〔 The attacks have generally been carried out by assailants on motorbikes wearing helmets with visors down to hide their faces, who fling acid into the faces of women who are walking or in automobiles.〔 ==Motivation== While many Iranians believe the attackers are conservative Islamist vigilantes trying to intimidate women into wearing (what the vigilantes deem) modest dress,〔 Iranian officials deny this and have been called "particularly angry with any suggestion that attackers were driven by religious extremism, or that victims were targeted because they wore clothing that could be deemed inappropriate in the eyes of hardliners".〔 Iranian liberals believe the attacks are connected to a parliamentary measure passed October 19 that “enjoins good and forbids wrong” by providing protection for vigilantes patrolling the streets and helping enforce the country’s strict social mores on public dress or behavior.〔 The government Press TV has quoted president Rouhani as warning against making “baseless accusations” against "any particular person or group before the real culprits are arrested". One "semi-official" plainclothes group, Ansar-e Hezbollah, which has conducted 'morality patrols' to enforce Islamic dress in the past, blamed "the enemy" attempting to "strike a blow against security," for the acid attacks. However, according to the executive director of the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran Hadi Ghaemi, the attacks come "in the midst of a year-long verbal attack by conservative forces in Iran attacking women for their clothes,” giving “verbal warnings and calls that blood must be shed. These are not isolated incidents.”〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Acid attacks on women in Isfahan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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