The young Mahsa Amini was arrested by the Morality Police for wearing the veil incorrectly, and died from the beatings she received while in their custody. More than 400 people have died from police repression in the protests that are shaking the country.
Euskaraz irakurri: Iranek Moralaren Polizia desegin du
Iran has abolished the Morale Police, force that monitored people’s clothing and mainly detained women who did not cover themselves in accordance with the codes dictated by the Islamic Republic system, the country’s attorney general, Mohamad Jafar Montazeri, reported.
That Police “has nothing to do with the Judiciary,” Montazeri specified when making the announcement in statements broadcast last night by the local Iranian news agency ISNA, in what analysts consider a yield to the popular protest movement registered by the country for three months.
Montazeri explained that the judiciary will continue its supervision regarding behavior at the community level and stressed that women’s clothing continues to be 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 visit and study).
“This is a revolution”
Iran has been experiencing widespread protests since September 16, after the death in police custody of the 22-year-old Kurdish girl Mahsa Aminiwho had been arrested precisely by the morality police for allegedly 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 do not want an Islamic Republic”, “death to the dictator”are some slogans that protesters shout in street protests or at night from the windows of their houses and write on the walls of buildings since last September.
According to the Security Council of Iran, since the beginning of the protests “more than 200 people” have died, 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, of which six have been sentenced to death.
Source: Eitb
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