In about the most extreme example of slut shaming yet, a prayer leader in Tehran has blamed earthquakes on women who dress provocatively and tempt people into promiscuity.
Sadeghi is a senior cleric who was last year appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei as a substitute prayer leader in Tehran, a powerful position with Khamenei himself being the official prayer leader. Iran has suffered greatly from earthquakes, with one in the city of Bam killing tens of thousands in US televangelist Pat Robertson previously said that Haiti's devastating earthquake was down to an alleged pact the Haitians had made with the devil in the 18th century.
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