The first concession. The Prosecutor General of Iran said that the morality police had been disbanded in the country
Morality police in September detained 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died, for violating the rules of wearing a hijab.
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The Prosecutor General of Iran said that the country will dissolve the morality police, which monitors compliance with Islamic dress- code, writes the BBC.
This statement was made by the Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri at a public event on Sunday, December 4. Protests have been taking place in Iran for many months related to the death of Mahsa Amini, who was detained by the morality police allegedly for violating the rules of wearing a hijab.
When asked whether the morality police had been disbanded, Montazeri replied: “The morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary and were disbanded by those who created them.”
In Iran, the morality police was controlled by the Ministry of the Interior, not the judiciary.
Montazeri also added that the Iranian parliament intends to revise the law that obliges women to wear hijabs. In the event that the morality police are indeed disbanded, this, for its part, does not mean that the law will be changed by parliamentarians.
Mass protests in Iran began on September 16, a few days after the 22-year-old died Amini, detained by the morality police. Her death has been a catalyst for protests, which have also started against a background of poverty, unemployment, inequality and corruption in the country.
Disbanding the morality police would be a concession by the Iranian authorities, but there are no guarantees yet that it will be enough. to end the protests.
“The fact that the government has decided to dissolve the morality police does not mean that the protests in our country will end,” said an Iranian woman in a BBC program.
Remember, recently it was reported that Iran is asking the Kremlin for help in suppressing protests in the country. Tehran is asking Russia for equipment to counter the protesters, and also wants to train its security forces.