Iran’s morality police, which is in charge of enforcing the nation’s Islamic dress code, is being dismantled, according to the country’s attorney general.
Since the death in detention of Amini, a 22-year-old woman who was arrested by Tehran’s morality police, women-led protests have erupted across Iran.
The remarks made by Mohammad Jafar Montazeri on Sunday at a gathering have not yet been confirmed by other bodies. The interior ministry, not the judiciary, is in charge of the police.
Montazeri also informed the Iranian parliament that the laws requiring women to wear hijabs will be reviewed.
Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iran has had many morality squads. The most recent one, called the “Gasht-e Ershad”, sees to it that women do not wear torn jeans and other clothes deemed inappropriate.