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What is behind the abolition of the morality police in Iran?

Iran’s prosecutor general announced on Saturday evening the abolition of the unit in charge of enforcing the dress code — a decision that does rescind the mandatory wearing of the hijab, which is still in force in the country. 

What is behind the abolition of the morality police in Iran?

Male and female members of the morality police in Iran on July 23, 2007. (Credit: Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

Some present the decision to abolish the morality police in Iran as a major sign that the Islamic regime is backing down. Its abolition is a concession that would have been unthinkable just three months ago, before the eruption of the unprecedented protests that have been shaking the country since mid-September. Others see it more as a government strategy to make people believe it is easing off to satisfy a key demand made by the protesters, at a time when calls for a three-day strike were being made across the country.On Saturday evening, Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced the abolition of the morality police by the relevant authorities. This unit “has nothing to do with the judiciary, and it has been abolished by those who created it,” he was quoted by the Iranian news agency ISNA as saying, without specifying...
Some present the decision to abolish the morality police in Iran as a major sign that the Islamic regime is backing down. Its abolition is a concession that would have been unthinkable just three months ago, before the eruption of the unprecedented protests that have been shaking the country since mid-September. Others see it more as a government strategy to make people believe it is easing off to satisfy a key demand made by the protesters, at a time when calls for a three-day strike were being made across the country.On Saturday evening, Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri announced the abolition of the morality police by the relevant authorities. This unit “has nothing to do with the judiciary, and it has been abolished by those who created it,” he was quoted by the Iranian news agency ISNA as saying, without...
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