Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced on Saturday that the morality police had been removed by the relevant authorities, according to the ISNA news agency on Sunday (December 4th). “The morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary, and it was abolished by those who created it”he said on Saturday evening in the holy city of Qom.
The morality police, known as the Gasht-e Ershad, were created under ultra-conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to “spread the culture of decency and hijab”. It was made up of men in green uniforms and women wearing the black chador, which covers the head and upper body. This unit began its patrols in 2006.
Literally meaning the “Islamic Guidance Patrol”this is the police force that had arrested Mahsa Amini, accusing her of breaking the Islamic Republic’s strict dress code. The death of the 22-year-old Iranian Kurdon September 16, three days after his arrest, triggered a vast protest movement in the country.
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