Hossein Shariatmadari, the representative of the leader of the Islamic Republic in the Kihan newspaper, wrote on Sunday in a note in this state media: "There are undeniable documents that show that the challenge of the hijab and modesty is one of the levers used by the enemy in the coming war."
Without providing evidence in this regard, he accused the "enemy" of "using the discovery of the hijab as a destructive weapon."
Officials of the Islamic Republic generally refer to America and Israel as enemies.
Shariatmadari further referred to "ignoring this fact" as "unwanted companionship with the enemy in war" and wrote that some officials believe that "it is not worthwhile to fight against the veil in a situation where we are engaged in a full-scale war."
He wrote: "This answer, if it is not to avoid responsibility, is a simplistic view" or "a suspicious encounter and consistent with the enemy's plan."
In his message, Shariatmadari called the "dragging the war to justify the omission of some officials" in dealing with the opponents of the mandatory hijab as entering into the "enemy's circle of fraud".