(Newser) – En route to a local mosque, an Iranian cleric saw a woman he believed was inappropriately dressed, so he warned her to cover up. "You, cover your eyes," she replied, instead putting her dukes up and giving him a shove. "I fell on my back on the floor,” the cleric said, according to a state news report obtained by Bloomberg. “I don’t know what happened after that, all I could feel was the kicks of this woman who was insulting me and attacking me." He was hospitalized for three days, but he says "commanding right and forbidding wrong" is a religious obligation and he'd do it again. He does call the incident "the worst day of my life."
Veiled Iranian women make their way in an alley after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. Veiled Iranian women make their way in an alley after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) View larger images >> My TakeCLICK BELOW TO VOTE 21% 1% 1% 76% 0% 1% To report an error on this story, notify our editors.