The Attorney General, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, announces the disbandment of these patrols, while Parliament reviews the mandatory nature of the veil, forced by the protests unleashed after the death of the young Mahsa Amini
Iran has decided to disband its sinister vice squad two and a half months after the death of young Mahsa Amini at the hands of members of this body charged with preserving the country’s Orthodox religious traditions. Iran’s Attorney General, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, announced this measure in a statement explaining that the parliament and a special body headed by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raissi are working on an “amendment” to the law on compulsory use of Islamic veil.
The vice squad “has been dismantled by the same people who founded it,” the prosecutor said at the end of a meeting in the city of Qom, adding that this organization “has nothing to do with the Iranian judiciary.” own body to safeguard the religious laws of the country. Among other things, the group monitors the clothing of Iranian citizens, especially women and girls. If, historically, it is a body that has been much debated and even given international sanctions for its strictness, Amini’s death on September 16 was a turning point from which there was no return.
The young woman died after the vice squad arrested her in the middle of the street for not closing her veil properly. The death, which authorities attributed to a health problem while he was in the custody of security forces, provoked a strong backlash in Iran, where popular protests have continued that have resulted in 200 deaths (according to the regime). and 400 (in the version of humanitarian organizations). The Iranian government has also been the subject of international condemnation, from the political sphere to social and cultural movements, for tiptoeing over Amini’s tragic death and the extreme harshness used in the repression of the demonstrations. Later forensic examination revealed that the young victim had received severe blows to the head that left her in a fatal coma.
Iranian society awaits the apparent extinction of the Vice Police. Part of the public opinion that has already spoken out on the issue sees in this decision and in the reform of the laws a favorable response by the regime to the protests. Others say restrictions on the dress code will continue to mean arrests and that only the name of the body has been changed to create a better image for the Iranian government.
The moral police, known as Gasht-e Ershad (accompaniment patrols), was established under ultra-conservative President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to “spread the culture of decency and hijab”.
For now, prosecutor Montazeri has promised “quick results” in the reforms implemented by the government, without specifying in which direction the law could be changed. Although he has pointed out that Iran’s constitution “has solid and immutable values and principles”, but there are methods of application “that are subject to change”.
Source: La Verdad
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