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An Iranian cleric was reportedly beaten by two women after he told one of them to cover up.

Hojatoleslam Ali Beheshti said he was beaten up by the two women outside a mosque after he told one of the two women, who he said wasn't properly dressed, to cover her eyes.

However, the woman responded by saying, "You close your eyes". When Beheshti repeated his warning, she began shouting and insulting him. Then the woman pushed the cleric and he fell down. He said that he didn't remember anything else after that except that he kept feeling the kicks of the two women who were beating him.

Beheshti reportedly spent three days in the hospital after the attack.

Clerics in Iran have been beaten up earlier as well for ordering women to dress "appropriately".