Iran announced the dissolution of the agency More than two months of protests across the country were triggered by the case of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who died while being arrested by the police for wearing a hijab. Out of order in September.
Women-led protests called by Iranian authorities The “riot” spread across the country after Amini, a 22-year-old ethnic Kurdish woman, died on September 16, just three days after she was arrested in the capital by the morality of the police.
The protesters burned headscarves and chanted slogans against the Iranian government. As more and more women began to show civil disobedience by not wearing a headscarf especially in some areas of Tehran
“The moral police have no judicial authority. and has already been ordered to dissolve.” Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, Prosecutor General of Iran According to ISNA news agency,
The move marks a major concession by the Iranian government to the protesters. And the official also admitted that the economic crisis as a result of US sanctions contributed to demoralizing the public.
“The best way to deal with riots is The true voice of the people must be heard,” said Syed Nezamauldin Mousavi, spokesman for the Supreme Executive Council of Iran’s parliament. while reiterating the importance of “People’s Lifestyle and the Economy”
However, some Iranian netizens expressed doubts about the abolition of the Moral Police. Some people point out that the state can transfer this duty to other agencies to do so instead. Including drawing attention to the fact that the current pressures in society have not disappeared easily
After the Islamic Revolution of 1979, did the Iranian monarchy with the United States The support must collapse. Later Iranian governments imposed strict rules on men’s and women’s dress. Until the time of the former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with the establishment of the “Moral Police” agency or Direction Patrol “Moon culture of modesty and hijab”
Iran’s Morality Police started in 2006 to control people’s dress. They also had to wear long robes. and don’t wear ripped jean shorts and other types of clothing that are considered rude
The announcement of the abolition of the moral police comes just one day after Montezari said “Parliament and the judiciary are working together” to consider whether there is a need to “amend the law that makes it women required to wear head coverings” or not.
The President of Iran, Ebrahim Raizi, made a statement on television on Saturday that the republic and the foundations of Iran’s Islam have already been incorporated into the constitution. “But the way to follow the constitution can be flexible.”
Iran has required women to wear headscarves since 1983, but the morality police issued warnings and began cracking down on or arresting women for breaking the rules about 15 years ago.
More than 300 people, including security personnel, have been killed in protests in Iran. While the Iranian government accused the United States and allied nations such as Britain and Israel Including Kurdish groups outside the country of being involved in encouraging the Iranian people to rebel against the state.
Source: AFP
