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DidarNews, in collaboration with the Scientific Association for Constitutional Rights, held a program titled “The Chastity and Hijab Law from the Perspective of the President’s Special Assistant to the President in Pursuit of Social Rights and Freedoms.” This is a joint project between DidarNews and the Scientific Association for Constitutional Rights. This time, considering the importance of the Chastity and Hijab Law, we went to Sakineh Pad, the President’s Special Assistant to the President in Pursuit of Social Rights and Freedoms. Watch this interview. DidarNews-Hossein Bayat: The President has been paying attention for a long time since the approval of the Chastity and Hijab Law and its approval by the Guardian Council, but he has still refused to announce it, which indicates a major difference in the content of the law and its political, social, economic, and cultural effects and consequences among the heads of the three branches of government and, of course, other components of the political system. The status of the Chastity and Hijab Law was the reason for our interview with Sakineh Pad, the President’s Special Assistant to the President in Pursuit of Social Rights and Freedoms. Of course, the aforementioned law faced widespread opposition from experts and public opinion from the very beginning, when it was submitted to the parliament in the form of a bill, an opposition that still continues with intensity and ferocity. Opponents and critics of the aforementioned law consider it one of the worst laws passed by the Islamic Republic, which, apart from violating numerous legal principles and violating individual rights, reduces women's moral humanity to the lowest level of a means and tool for inciting men and negates their humanity. Opponents also believe that protecting the family is not only hidden in chastity and veiling, but also in its economic dimensions. Today, a large number of Iranian women are deprived of their minimum citizenship rights, including the right to work, employment, and marriage, and do not enjoy defensible social support. Critics currently believe that the Iranian family has practically collapsed under crushing economic pressure and has been deprived of its long-standing identity. This is also why they do not tolerate the chastity and veiling law and believe that its implementation will only deepen the gap between generations, reduce the social capital of the state and the people, and increase the possibility of social unrest.