Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been criticized for suggesting that force should not be used to�promote�cultural values�in the country.
�Do not interfere in people�s lives so much, even if it is out of compassion,� Rouhani said at a health insurance conference on May 24 arranged by the administration. �Let people pick their own path to heaven.�One cannot take people to heaven through force and a whip. The Prophet [Mohammad] did not have a whip in his hand.�

Today, May 27, influential conservative Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami responded,��They say let people be and don�t take them to heaven by force.� He�addressed��the administration� rather than Rouhani specifically.

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