Almost three months after the start of the protests triggered by the death of young Mahsa Amini, the attorney general of Iran, Hojatolislam Jafar Montazari, indicated this Sunday (4th) the suspension of the moral police, whose function is to supervise the clothing and behavior of women in the country in the 21st century.
Officially called the Orientation Patrol, the police unit was created under the regime of ultraconservative former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005 to 2013) with the aim of spreading what he calls the “culture of decency and the hijab”, the Muslim veil.
Human rights organizations accuse the institution of restricting individual freedom and practicing violence against women who allegedly violate the strict dress codes of the Islamic Republic.
“The Guidance Patrol has nothing to do with the judiciary and has been suspended,” Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying by ISNA news agency, linked to the Iranian regime. “The Judiciary, of course, continues to monitor behavior in the community.”
So far, however, there is no confirmation on the withdrawal of forces from the streets and no indication that the law that makes the hijab mandatory will be changed, highlighted Al Jazeera.
Montazeri’s statement is seen as a response to protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurd who was in the custody of the moral police after being arrested on charges of violating the strict dress code that requires women to wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. in public —her family accuses the security forces of having attacked the girl.
Recently, Iranian officials announced that they were looking into whether the law making the headscarf mandatory needed to be changed.
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