At an April 20, 2022 ceremony for schoolgirls in Tehran marking their first fast day, Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs Ensieh Khazali told nine-year-old girls to "begin planning" now "to start a family in order to raise [the next generation] to be like the martyr [IRGC Qods Force commander Qassem] Soleimani."
In her speech, Ms. Khazali told the girls:
"You have been invited to the court and to the feast of God, and He sees you worthy of going to Him and has determined for you obligations of which you are worthy. You girls must find a beautiful future for yourselves, and must begin planning your lives from now on in order to raise [the next generation] to be like the martyr Soleimani. [If] you want to be like Soleimani, raise [the next generation to be] like Soleimani."
Vice President for Women's and Family Affairs Ensieh Khazali at the ceremony (Source: Asr-e Iran, April 20, 2022)
She continued: "I have come today to pray for you, that your pure souls and pure hearts will help this country reach a glorious future. I ask God to give us success, when He invites us to Him to obey the beautiful models such as the [model] of the daughter of the Prophet Mohammad."[1]
[1] Asriran.com, April 20, 2022.
