Iranian anti-regime protests that erupted in September after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the “morality police” have continued despite widely reported remarks by an official suggesting that the controversial security unit has been disbanded. Our Observers in Iran say that the current unrest goes far beyond the morality police and strict Islamic dress code laws, underlining the fact that no rules have changed.

Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted saying that Iran’s morality police “have been disbanded by the same authorities who installed them”, at a religious conference on December 3, local media reported. But many argue that his remarks were taken out of context or overblown. Indeed, Montazeri added that the Iranian judiciary would continue to “monitor behavioural actions at the community level”. There was no confirmation regarding the morality police from Iran’s interior ministry, which has overseen the morality police since the force was created in 2006.

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Source: https://observers.france24.com/en/middle-east/20221205-iran-protests-morality-police-continue-disbanded-mahsa-amini