The mullahs’ voice: How conservatives search to win over Iran’s youth

In a rustic within the midst of change, the place increasingly girls refuse to put on the veil regardless of the principles, conservatives want to keep their grip on energy. Almost 180,000 clerics, or mullahs, preach the phrases of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran, however not all of them are ultra-conservative. Some have understood the necessity for dialogue, in a society divided by financial sanctions and the feminist rebellion that adopted the dying in custody of Mahsa Amini again in 2022. Farad Fathi, a media-savvy cleric and a staunch supporter of the regime, is reaching out to younger Iranians to persuade them of the mullahs’ methods. Charles Emptaz and Olivier Jobard report.

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