Iran has abolished the morality police, a force that monitors people’s clothes and detains women, especially those who do not wear headscarves, in accordance with the laws dictated by the Islamic Republic system, the Iranian attorney general reported, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri.
that police “It has nothing to do with the judiciary”While making the announcement last night in statements released by local Iranian news agency ISNA, Montazeri said analysts were considering putting an end to the popular protest movement that the country had been recording for three months.
Montazeri announced that the judiciary will continue its work. community-level behavioral control He emphasized that women’s clothing is still very important, especially in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran.
“The bad headscarf in the country, especially in the holy city of Qom, is one of the main concerns of our revolutionary society as well as the judiciary, but it should not be forgotten that legal action is the last resort and cultural measures take precedence over others“, vindicated Montazeri in a speech at a meeting with the clergy in Qom.
The city of Qom is the theological center of Iran, where they are located. main seminars in the country and where thousands of pilgrims and theologians from all over the world visit and study.
Widespread protests have been taking place in Iran since September 16, after a 22-year-old Kurdish girl was killed in police custody. mahsa aminehe was precisely arrested by the morality police for allegedly wearing the Islamic veil incorrectly.
There are demands in the protests. The end of the Islamic Republic.
“This is not a protest, this is a revolution”, “We don’t want an Islamic Republic”, “death to the dictator” are some of the slogans that protesters have thrown out of the windows of their homes and written on the walls of buildings at street demonstrations or at night since last September.
Protests are dead from the start, according to Iran’s Security Council.more than 200 peopleHowever, foreign NGOs such as Oslo-based Iran Human Rights put the death toll as 448 due to heavy police repression.
In addition, at least 2,000 people were charged with various crimes for participating in the mobilizations. six of them were sentenced to death.