‘Morality Police’ Unit Abolished After Iran Protests

In an exclusive interview with the “Cameran” website, which belongs to the family of Iranian revolutionary leader Ayatollah Khomeini, Hanmuhammedi answered a question about Iran’s chief prosecutor Mohammed Jafar Montazeri’s statements about the morality police.

FINISHED MISSIONS

Stating that new plans are being made regarding the headscarf issue, Hanmuhammedi said, “The hijab debate in the country is a public demand and decisions are currently being made on this issue. He has completed the duty of the Moral and Social Security Patrols, which are carried out by the Security Forces and Corps by instruction of the Public Ministry and the judicial authorities ”. he said.

The Iranian official added that the veiling practice “could continue with more modern methods making use of technology” and that the decision on this issue would be made by different authorities.

THE REQUIREMENT OF HAIR IS AGAIN

Protests that began after the death in police custody of Mahsa Emini, who was detained for failing to comply with Iran’s headscarf regulations, prompted demands for the abolition or extension of the compulsory headscarf law, which has been in place in the country since 1979.

The president of the Presidential Center for Public Communications, Ahmed Salihi, said in a statement published on the official IRNA news agency on November 30: “There are demands for freedom of the headscarf in society that have been passed on to the authorities.” he had used the words.

RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON

Iranian Attorney General Mohammad Cafer Montazeri said in a statement on December 2 that the Supreme Council of the Revolution under Parliament and the Presidency was working on the issue of the “scarf” and that the result would be announced soon.

When asked if the Irshad Patrols were suspended yesterday, Muntazeri said: “The moral police have nothing to do with the Judiciary. The moral police have been shut down wherever they have been established in the past.” he said.

The statement in question prompted comments in the media that the practice of “morality police” was abolished. Iranian state television, for its part, declared that the Attorney General’s statement was “falsified” and that the news about the end of the practice was not true. (AA)