Iran’s Attorney General, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, has announced the dissolution of the so-called «Morality Police», implicated in the death in custody of the young Mahsa Amini on September 16, which triggered the largest protests in the country’s recent history, which have resulted in between 200 and 400 deaths, according to the Iranian government and NGOs.
«The Morality Police has been dismantled by the same people who created it», the prosecutor simply announced during a meeting in the city of Qom, before assuring that this organization, in charge of observing traditional Islamic values, «has nothing to do with the Iranian Judiciary», which is officially in charge of this practice, according to declarations reported by the Iranian reformist media ‘Shargh Daily’.
The prosecutor himself has acknowledged that the judiciary does not exactly pursue the closure of this «Social Security Police», but the recent incidents, in relation to the protests, have led the security establishment to seek «a prudent solution to this problem» according to additional statements picked up by Radio Farda, the US international broadcaster for Iran.
It should be recalled that the «Morality Police», or Irshad Patrol, has been subject to international sanctions for the repression of the population during the protests, in particular its head in Tehran, Ahmad Mirzaei.
MODIFICATION OF THE LAW ON THE VEIL Likewise, Montazeri announced that the Iranian Parliament and a special body headed by Iranian President Ebrahim Raissi were working on a «modification» of the law on the compulsory wearing of the Islamic veil, without specifying in which direction the text will be modified.
Amini died, according to Iranian authorities, of a health problem in the custody of security forces after being arrested for allegedly wearing the traditional Islamic veil incorrectly. The death of the young Kurdish-Iranian woman sparked a wave of protests that were harshly repressed by the Iranian authorities.
Although the Iranian clerical establishment has acknowledged mistakes in the containment operations, it blames the bulk of these demonstrations on «rioters and terrorists» in the service of the opposition in exile or foreign agents.
The result, he said, will be known «in the next fifteen days».
