Iran Hijab protest: After two months of protest, official claims country’s morality police disbanded

The protests, mainly women, anointed riots by authorities, swept Iran after the death of an Iranian of Kurdish ancestry on September 16, three days after her detention by Tehran’s morality police.

Demonstrators have burnt their required hijab head covers and yelled anti-government chants, and an increasing count of women, notably in Tehran, has refused to wear the hijab.

The ISNA news agency reported Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri saying that moral police had not a thing to do with the bench and have been disassembled. His remark came during a religious conference when he was questioned why the morality police were being closed out.

If approved, the measure would be a rare concession to the protest movement, and officials have acknowledged the demoralising effect of an economic crisis brought on by US sanctions.

However, as CBS News correspondent Holly Williams reported Monday, no confirmation of the decision to shut down the Morality Police had been received from the larger Iranian establishment, and his words were met with suspicion. According to Williams, it is also worth noting that the demonstrators have been seeking far more fundamental changes in how their country is administered. It seems doubtful they would leave the streets and peacefully return home even if the infamous police force was dismantled.

FAQs:

1. What happened to Mahsa Amini in Iran?
   An Iranian lady called Mahsa Amini, also known as Jina Amini, who was 22 years old, died under strange circumstances in a hospital in Tehran, Iran, on 16 September, 2022.
2. Has Iran disbanded its moral police?
   The same officials that established the morality police dismantled it.