Iran Disbands Morality Police – Politics

According to media reports, after ongoing mass protests in Iran, President Ebrahim Raisi met with several ministers for a crisis summit. According to the Presidential Office, Raisi had consulted with Parliament President Mohammed-Bagher Ghalibaf and Justice Chief Gholam-Hussein Mohseni-Edschehi on Saturday evening. On Sunday, Attorney General Mohammad-Jafar Montaseri said the country’s vice squad had been disbanded.

“The vice squad has nothing to do with the judiciary and has been dismissed,” he said the Siasat Daily according to when asked by a participant why the decision was made during a religious conference.

The Morality Police was set up under the devout President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to “promote the culture of modesty and the hijab”. She had provoked protests against the system after the Iranian Kurd Mahsa Amini was arrested for allegedly not complying with the compulsory rules for wearing a headscarf. The 22-year-old died in police custody on September 16.

Speculation about revision of the constitution

What exactly should be discussed at the crisis summit on Sunday is not known. The latest developments in the country were on the agenda of the non-public meeting in the parliament in Tehran, the Isna agency reported on Sunday. In the run-up there was speculation that it could be about the demands of the demonstrators. These include the revision of the Iranian constitution and the abolition of the headscarf requirement, but also new elections or a referendum on the development of the country’s political system.

Observers did not have high expectations of the meeting. Raisi repeatedly emphasizes that Iran is tolerant of criticism, but not of foreign-controlled riots – which he claims about the protests. The cleric also claims that the Iranian constitution is among the most advanced in the world and that there is no reason to change it.

Since Amini’s death, thousands of people have been demonstrating across the country against the government’s repressive course and the Islamic system of rule. According to state media, hundreds of people have now been charged, and 315 demonstrators are said to be on trial in Tehran alone. According to human rights activists, tens of thousands have been arrested and at least 240 killed.

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