MONITORING DESK
TEHRAN: Iran has abolished its morality police after months of countrywide protests triggered by the arrest of a female, Mahsa Amini, for violating the strict female dress code of the country.
Women-led protests have swept Iran since a young female, Masha Amini, died in the custody of morality police in Tehran.
During the violent protests, several protesting women burned their mandatory head coverings.
According to the ISNA news agency, Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said “Morality police have been abolished as the police force have nothing to do with the judiciary”.
Morality police monitoring of dress code
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran, there has been official monitoring of the strict dress code for women and men.
But under president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the police unit were established to promote the culture of hijab and modesty.
The 1979 Islamic Revolution and morality police
The announcement of the police force’s abolition came a day after Montazeri said, “the judiciary and the parliament both are working” on the matter of whether the hijab law to be changed or not.
The Islamic hijab became mandatory in 1983 in Iran. Fifteen years ago, the personnel initially issued warnings before starting to crack down and arrest women.
