Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has once again attributed the anti-hijab protests to “enemies” abroad.

In his latest rant, he claimed this mysterious entity intends to target the intellectual strengths of the Islamic Republic by “weakening women's modesty”.

In a gathering of poets affiliated with the regime on Wednesday, without referring to the Women, Life, Freedom movement, Khamenei attributed the civil disobedience of women to “Westerners”.

He said they “have no [genuine] pity for Iranian women nor do they have any respect for their rights. Rather, they have a grudge against Iranian women and falsely present themselves as supporters of freedom and women's rights.”

He went on to say that “the West is not worthy of being the one to talk about human rights at all” claiming that "Right now, women in Western countries have the most complicated problems; [even] more than other countries."

During the recent unrest, women have been on the streets burning headscarves, cutting hair, dancing in public centers, and appearing without the clothing approved by the regime in defiance of the regime.

In the past months, the Supreme Leader and officials of the Islamic Republic have repeatedly tried to link the nationwide protests to foreign countries.

Despite the claim of the authorities about respecting women's rights in Iran, the government policies are based on reducing women's social responsibility to "wifery and housekeeping" and any protests in this regard are harshly suppressed.