In 2007, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered a 40-minute, 4,400-word speech to the UN General Assembly.
He pushed back against human rights advocates, and , who criticized his government's recent harsh crackdown on 'bad hijab' (improper dressing).
The precious existence of women as the manifestation of divine beauty and as the peak of kindness, affection, and purity has been the target of heavy exploitation in recent decades by the holders of power and the owners of media and wealth.
And never failing to give a dig at the United States, whose representative walked out on the speech, he criticized governments that conduct tap its citizens' phone calls and set up "secret prisons."
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