“She was loved by all of us. I'm a mother myself, and I do understand that -- the value of girls and women as a whole," Jamileh Alamolhoda said in a recent interview with American news network, ABC News.
Mahsa Amini, 22, died last September in hospital three days after she collapsed at a police station in Tehran following her arrest for violating the country’s hijab laws.
Her death sparked waves of protests in several cities, which turned violent as hostile foreign media and intelligence services launched a misinformation campaign steering the protesters towards vandalism and rioting.
“I do think things can happen of that nature in any country, naturally,” Alamolhoda said in the interview. “However, in our country, they are turned into political projects and those are fundamentally because of the intentions of foreign governments whom are keen to see other events occur in Iran.”
She added that President Raisi has thoroughly pursued the case from the start and has spoken to the Amini family.
Asked about the issue of hijab in Iran, Alamolhoda responded that hijab is part of a larger issue and that is covering.
Emphasizing the dignifying aspect of hijab for Iranian women, she said there are different views on dress codes and hijab in every country. However, she said that as long as hijab is a legal requirement in Iran, it should be observed like any other law.
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