Young Mahsa Amini was arrested by the Moral Police for wearing the veil incorrectly, and died from the beatings she received while in custody. More than 400 people have died as a result of police repression during the protests that rocked the country.
Euskaraz irakurri: Iranek Moralaren Polizia ezabatu du
Iran has abolished the moral police, force that controlled people’s clothes and mostly detained women who fail to cover themselves in accordance with codes imposed by the Islamic Republic’s system, the country’s attorney general, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, reported.
That the police have “nothing to do with the judiciary,” Montazeri specified when he made the announcement in statements broadcast last night by the local Iranian news agency ISNA, in what analysts consider to be a surrender to the popular protest movement registered by the country for three months.
Montazeri explained that the judiciary continues its conduct supervision at the community level and stressed that women’s clothing is still very important, especially in the holy city of Qom, south of Tehran (a theological center where thousands of pilgrims and seminarians from all over the world come and study).
“This is a Revolution”
Iran has faced widespread protests since September 16 following the death in police custody of the 22-year-old Kurdish girl Mahsa Aminiwho had just been arrested by the vice squad for wearing the Islamic headscarf incorrectly. The protests include the demand for the end of the Islamic Republic.
“This is not a protest, this is a revolution”, “we don’t want an Islamic Republic”, “death to the dictator”are some of the slogans protesters have been shouting from the windows of their houses since last September during street protests or at night and writing on the walls of buildings.
According to Iran’s Security Council, “more than 200 people” have been killed since the protests began, but foreign NGOs, such as Iran Human Rights, based in Oslo, place the death toll at 448 due to strong police repression.
Also, at least 2,000 people have been charged with various crimes for their participation in the mobilizations, six of which were sentenced to death.
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Source: EITB
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