According to information leaked from inside the Iranian government, Isfahan intelligence ministry branch has been involved in acid attacks against women perpetrated by Basij militants and encouraged through religious decree issued by some of the highest religious authorities in the country. The information also indicates that Supreme Leader Khamenei has issued a confidential decree to suspend investigations and prevent the spread of news about this heinous crime.

The information leaked describes that Isfahan’s Revolutionary Guards commander, Gholam-Reza Soleimani, Isfahan’s Friday prayer Imam, Tabatabaie-Nejad and Isfahan Basij militant commander Mohsen Analouie with the cooperation of a group of Basij and Guards forces and Fatwa by some religious authorities have carried out these abhorrent attacks against innocent women under the pretext of “bad-veiling”.
According to this information, Khamenei himself has ordered the suspension of investigations and the prevention of any publicity on the issue.