Despite fierce protests from society, Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi wants to maintain strict police checks on women for headscarf offences. “Respecting the headscarf is not only a religious, but also a political and legal obligation for Iranian women,” said Raisi on Sunday. There is therefore “no doubt whatsoever” that checks must continue to be carried out consistently, the ultra-conservative cleric said, according to the presidential office’s website. Since the beginning of the new Persian year on March 20, police and moral guardians have once again stepped up their crackdown on headscarf v…