The National Outcry Over IRIB’s Mockery of Protesters

Religious scholars and traditionalists have also weighed in, noting that the mockery of the dead is strictly prohibited in Islamic ethics. They argue that regardless of the political circumstances surrounding a person's death, they deserve the respect due to any human soul. By violating these religious and cultural taboos, the broadcast has alienated even some of the more conservative elements of society who find the behavior to be "un-Islamic" and a violation of the "Karamat" (dignity) of the human being.