– The moral police have nothing to do with the legal system and have been abolished, said Mohammad Jafar Montazeri. The Attorney General is quoted by the Iranian state news agency ISNA and is said to have made the statement late on Saturday evening, writes the French news agency AFP. Fact: Iran’s moral police Iran’s so-called “moral police” have the task of ensuring respect for Islamic morality as described by the country’s clerical authorities. Among other things, they involve reporting on “bad hijab”, a collective term that applies to violations of the country’s strict dress code for women. Under Sharia law, women are required to cover their hair and wear long, loose-fitting clothing to hide their figure. A typical morality police unit consists of a van, one man and one woman, which patrols or waits in busy public spaces to monitor improper behavior and dress. People who are apprehended by the morality police either get away with a warning or are taken into custody at a police station or a detention center, where they are told how to dress or behave “morally”. Women are released only to male relatives. In some cases, fines are also given, although there is no general rule on monetary penalties. The moral police are officially known in Iran as Gasht-e Ershad or the “guidance patrol”. There have been demonstrations against Iran’s strict dress code for women since the Iranian revolution in 1979. (NTB) Yesterday, Montazeri stated that the law requiring Iranian women to cover their hair must be reconsidered. – Both the National Assembly and the judiciary are working on this – whether the law needs any changes, said Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, according to the Iranian news agency Isna. Montazeri did not go into what could possibly be changed in the law. The Attorney General was in the holy city of Qom when he made the statement. Showed too much hair Iran has been characterized by large demonstrations against the regime since 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died in the custody of the morality police in September. She was arrested for not covering her hair in accordance with the strict dress code for women. The demonstrators express that they are fed up after several decades of social and political oppression. The demand for regime change is growing. Young women have played a major role in the protests, and many have taken off the mandatory headscarf to show opposition to the regime. Thousands arrested, many killed The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, claims that at least 14,000 have been arrested, among them children. While the Oslo-based organization Iran Human Rights reported earlier this week that their figures show that 448 people have been killed by the security forces in connection with the protests.
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